Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
मी माझें करित होतों जतन । भीतरिल्या चोरें घेतलें खानें ॥1॥
मज आल्याविण आधीं च होता । मज न कळतां मज माजी ॥ध्रु.॥
घोंगडें नेलें घोंगडें नेलें । उघडें केलें उघडें चि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे चोरटा चि जाला साव । सहज चि न्याय नाहीं तेथें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I was guarding what was mine, but the thief within stole everything. He was there even before I arrived, dwelling within me without my knowing. The blanket is gone, the blanket is gone. I have been left utterly naked. Says Tuka, the thief Himself has become the honest one. There is no natural law left in that place.
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