Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
जाणावें तें सार । नाहीं तरी दगा फार ॥1॥
डोळे झांकिलिया रवि । नाहीं ऐसा होय जेवीं ॥ध्रु.॥
बहुथोडएा आड । निवारितां लाभें जाड ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे खरें । नेलें हातींचे अंधारें॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Know what is essential; otherwise, the deception is great. Just as closing your eyes does not make the sun disappear. Much or little, when you clear the obstruction, the thick gains are revealed. Says Tuka, what was in the hand has been carried off by darkness.
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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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