Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
खरें वित्त तेथें आले चोजवीत । गिहाइक संतजन ॥1॥
झाडिला पालव केला हाट वेच । जाली सकाळीं च अराणूक ।
याल तरि तुह्मी करा लगबग । आमचे ते कोणी लोक ॥ध्रु.॥
एक ते उत्तम मध्यम कनिष्ठ । वित्ताचे प्रकार तीन ।
बहुतां जनाचे बहुत प्रकार । वेगळाले वाण ।
लाभ हाणि कोणा मुदल जालें । कोणासी पडिलें खाण ।
अर्धमर्ध कोणी गुंतोनि राहिले । थोडे तैसे बहु जन ॥2॥
एके सांते आले एक गांवीहून । येकामे चि नव्हे जाणें ।
येतां जातां रुजू नाहीं दिवाणा । काळतोंडीं एकें तेणें ।
लाग भाग एकी एकानीं गोविलें । मागील पुढिलां ॠणें ।
तुका ह्मणे आतां पाहूं नये वास। साधावें आपुलें पेणें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
True wealth draws connoisseurs to it; the saints are its worthy customers. The cloth is spread, the market opens at dawn, and the best goods go first. Come quickly if you wish to buy; these are our people. Some goods are superior, some middling, some inferior, for wealth comes in three kinds. Many people bring many kinds of needs; some gain, some lose their principal, some fall into debt. Some are half-entangled, trapped in varying measure. Says Tuka, all came to the same fair from different towns; the road out is never the same as the road in. Coming and going, there is no fixed accounting; Time swallows some in its dark mouth. Past debts bind the future; what the elders owe, the younger ones must pay. Do not delay, but secure your own shelter now.
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