Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
अमृत अव्हेरें उचळलें जातां । विष आर्त्तभूतां आवश्यक ॥1॥
आदरासी मोल नये लावूं केजें । धीर शुद्धबीजें गोमटा तो ॥ध्रु.॥
खयाचिये अंगीं आपणे चाली । लावणी लाविली काय लागे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे चाडे करा वेवसाव । आह्मांसी तो वाव धीर आहे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When nectar is tossed aside with contempt, poison becomes the necessity of suffering beings. One should not bargain over the price of eagerness; the one with patience and a pure seed is truly blessed. A body afflicted with disease moves on its own distorted course; what good are cosmetics applied over it? Says Tuka, you may hurry and bustle as you please; we have the patience and the space for it.
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The Moral Ideal
Purity, sincerity, truthfulness, humility, peacefulness, and service.
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