Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
मायबाप निमाल्यावरी । घातलें भावाचे आभारीं । तो ही परि हरी । तुज जाला असमाइऩ ॥1॥
हे कां भिHचे उपकार। नांदतें विध्वंसिलें घर । प्रसन्नता वेव्हार । सेवटीं हे जालासी ॥ध्रु.॥
एका जिवावरी । होतों दोनी कुटुंबारी । चाळवूं तो तरीं । तुज येतो निर्लज्जा ॥2॥
तुकयाबंधु ह्मणे भला । आणीक काय ह्मणावें तुला । वेडा त्यानें केला । तुजसवें संबंधु ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
After our parents died, my brother was placed in my care. He too, O Hari, has now become estranged from us, following You. Are these the rewards of devotion? You have destroyed a thriving household. This is the fulfillment, the settlement You have finally delivered. I was maintaining two families on one life; now You come shamelessly to tempt the remaining one. Says Tukya-bandhu, what more can I call You? The one who befriended You was made into a madman.
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