Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
अहंकार तो नासा भेद । जगीं निंदे ओंवळा ॥1॥
नातळे तो धन्य यासी । जाला वंषीं दीपक ॥ध्रु.॥
करवितो आत्महत्या। नेदी सत्या आतळों ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे गुरुगुरी । माथां थोरी धरोनि॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Ego is the destroyer, breeding division; the world rightly despises its touch. He who refuses to touch it is truly blessed and becomes a light within his lineage. Ego drives one to self-destruction and prevents one from touching the truth. Says Tuka, it perches upon the head, puffing itself up as guru above all gurus.
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