Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
बांधे सोडी हें तों धन्याचिये हातीं । हेंकडें गोविती आपणां बळें ॥1॥
भुललियासी नाहीं देहाचा आठव । धोतयानें भाव पालटिला ॥ध्रु.॥
घरांत रिघावें दाराचिये सोइऩ । भिंतीसवें डोइऩ घेऊनि फोडी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे देवा गेलीं विसरोन । आतां वर्म कोण दावी यांसी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Binding and loosing are in the master's hands, yet people entangle themselves by their own force. The deluded one has forgotten the body altogether; the washerman has changed the very nature of his cloth. One should enter the house through the door, but instead one smashes one's head against the wall. Says Tuka, they have forgotten God; now who will show them the secret?
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