Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
पूज्या एकासनीं आसनीं आसन । बैसतां गमन मातेशीं तें ॥१॥
सांगतों ते धर्म नीतीचे संकेत । सावधान हित व्हावें तरी ॥ध्रु.॥
संतां ठाया ठाव पूजनाची इच्छा । जीवनीं च वळसा सांपडला ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे एकाएकीं वरासनें । दुजें तेथें भिन्न अशोभ्य तें ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When a seat of honor is prepared for the revered one, it is only fitting that one seat be occupied by one person, as a child sits in its mother's lap. I speak of the principles of propriety and righteous conduct; may you heed them for your own good. When saints vie for seats and positions of worship, they are already caught in a snare of worldly attachment. Says Tuka, only one may sit upon the high seat; a second presence there would be unseemly.
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The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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