Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
आतां आवश्यक करणें समाधान । पाहिलें निर्वाण न पाहिजे ॥1॥
केलें तरीं आतां शुशोभें करावें । दिसतें बरवें संतांमधीं ॥ध्रु.॥
नाहीं भHराजीं ठेविला उधार । नामाचा आकार त्यांचियानें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे माझ्या वडिलांचें ठेवणें । गोप्य नारायणें न करावें ॥3॥
काय आतां मोक्ष करावा जी देवा । तुमचिया गोवा दर्शनासी ॥ध्रु.॥
केलिया नेमासी उभें ठाडें व्हावें । नेमलें तें भावें पालटेना ॥12॥
तुका ह्मणे जों जों कराल उशीर । तों तों मज फार रडवील ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Now contentment must be made a necessity; there is no need to wait for final realization. If something is to be done, let it be done beautifully, in a manner that shines among the saints. The great devotees have never left anything for later; they embodied the name in their very form. Says Tuka, the treasure my elders stored should not be kept secret by Narayana. What need is there for liberation now, O God, when the true entanglement is in beholding You? Once a vow is made, one must stand by it faithfully; what is pledged in devotion does not change. Says Tuka, the longer You delay, the more You make me weep.
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