Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
ऐका गा ए अवघे जन । शुद्ध मन तें हित ॥1॥
अवघा काळ नव्हे जरी । समयावरी जाणावें ॥ध्रु.॥
नाहीं कोणी सवें येता । संचिता या वेगळा ॥2॥
बरवा अवकाश आहे । करा साहे इंिद्रयें ॥3॥
कर्मभूमीऐसा ठाव । वेवसाव जाणावा ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे उत्तम जोडी । जाती घडी नरदेह ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Listen, all you people: a pure mind is the true path to welfare. If you cannot devote every moment, then at least know the right time. No one accompanies you in death except the store of your past deeds. While the opportunity is still at hand, bring the senses under control. Know that this human realm is the field for earning merit; treat it as your place of enterprise. Says Tuka, the supreme gain is the human body, and its moments are slipping away.
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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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