Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कैसें असोनि ठाउकें नेणां । दुःख पावाल पुढिले पेणा ॥1॥
आतां जागें रे भाइऩ जागें रे । चोर निजल्या नाडूनि भागे रे ॥ध्रु.॥
आतां नका रे भाइऩ नका रे । आहे गांठीं तें लुटवूं लोकां रे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे एकांच्या घायें । कां रे जाणोनि न धरा भये ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
How is it that, though you know the truth, you act as if you do not? You will suffer in your next dwelling. Wake up now, O brothers, wake up! The thief robs you while you sleep and flees. Do not, brothers, do not squander what you still hold in your possession. Says Tuka, seeing others struck down, why do you not take heed and feel fear?
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Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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