Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
देह निरसे तरी । बोलावया नुरे उरी ॥1॥
येर वाचेचें वाग्जाळ । अळंकारापुरते बोल ॥ध्रु.॥
काचें तरी कढे । जाती ऐसें चित्त ओढे ॥2॥
विष्णुदास तुका । पूर्ण धनी जाणे चुका॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If the body is transcended, nothing remains to be spoken. All else is mere verbal ornamentation, words for the sake of decoration. If one could truly melt from within, the mind would be drawn that way. Says Tuka, the perfect Lord knows well the shortcomings of Vishnudas.
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