Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
जगा काळ खाय । आह्मी माथां दिले पाय ॥1॥
नाचों तेथें उभा राहे । जातां व्यंग करी साहे ॥ध्रु.॥
हरिच्या गुणें धाला । होता खात चि भुकेला ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे हळु । जाला कढत शीतळु ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Death devours the world, but we have placed our feet upon its head. Wherever we dance, death stands still; when we walk past, it bears our passage without protest. Satisfied by the virtues of Hari, death itself, once forever hungry, has been fed. Says Tuka, the one who was boiling hot has become cool and gentle.
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Ecstasy and Joy
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