Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
ऐसी जिव्हा निकी । विठ्ठल विठ्ठल कां न घोकी ॥1॥
जेणें पाविजे उद्धार । तेथें राखावें अंतर ॥ध्रु.॥
गुंपोनि चावटी । तेथें कोणा लाभें भेटी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कळा । देवाविण अमंगळा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Such a fine tongue you have; why does it not chant Vitthala, Vitthala? Where salvation is to be found, one should keep close attention. By getting entangled in idle chatter, who gains anything from such meetings? Says Tuka, without God, all skill is inauspicious.
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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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