Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
पूवाअ पूर्वजांची गती । हे चि आइऩिकली होती । सेवे लावूनि श्रीपती । नििंश्चती केली तयांची ॥1॥
कां रे पाठी लागलासी। ऐसा सांग हृषीकेशी । अद्यापवरी न राहासी । अंत पाहासी किती ह्मुण ॥ध्रु.॥
जन्मजन्मांतरीं दावा । आह्मां आपणां केशवा । निमित्य चालवा । काइऩसयास्तव हें ॥2॥
तुकयाबंधु ह्मणे अदेखणा । किती होसी नारायणा । देखों सकवेना । खातयासी न खात्या ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I have heard that this is how it was in generations past: our ancestors were drawn into Your service, and You gave them Your assurance. Why then, O Hrishikesha, do You pursue us? How long will You test us? Birth after birth, O Keshava, there is a claim between us. Why do You keep up this pretense? Says Tukya-bandhu, how long will You remain so blind, O Narayana? You cannot bear to see one eating when another goes hungry.
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