Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
विभ्रंशिली बुिद्ध देहांत जवळी । काळाची अकाळीं वायचाळा ॥1॥
पालटलें जैसें देंठ सोडी पान । पिकलें आपण तयापरी ॥ध्रु.॥
न मारितां हीन बुिद्ध दुःख पावी । माजल्याची गोवी तयापरी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे गळ लागलिया मत्स्या । तळमळेचा तैसा लवलाहो ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The intellect falters as death draws near; at the wrong hour, idle chatter is all that remains. Like a ripe leaf that drops from its stem, one falls of one's own ripeness. Without being struck, a feeble mind suffers; the swollen one is caught in his own trap. Says Tuka, the fish that has swallowed the hook thrashes in desperate urgency.
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