Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
पुराणींचा इतिहास । गोड रस सेविला ॥1॥
नव्हती हे आहाच बोल । मोकळें फोल कवित्व ॥ध्रु.॥
भावें घ्या रे भावें घ्या रे । येगदा जा रे पंढरिये ॥2॥
भाग्यें आलेति मनुष्यदेहा । तो हा पाहा विठ्ठल ॥3॥
पापपुण्या करील झाडा । जाइल पीडा जन्माची ॥4 ॥
घ्यावी हातीं टाळदिंडी । गावे तोंडीं गुणवाद ॥5॥
तुका ह्मणे घटापटा । न लगे वाटा शोधाव्या ॥6॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I have savored the sweet essence of the histories told in the Puranas. These are not hollow, empty words or loose and pointless poetry. Take it with devotion, take it with devotion, and go at least once to Pandhari. By good fortune you have obtained a human body; behold Vitthala. He will settle the account of sin and merit and end the suffering of birth. Take the cymbals and the dindi-flag in hand and sing his praises with your mouth. Says Tuka, you need not search for remote paths or philosophies.
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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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