Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
नो बोलावें ऐसें जनासी उत्तर । करितों विचार बहु वेळा ॥1॥
कोण पाप आड ठाकतें येऊन । पालटिति गुण अंतरींचा ॥ध्रु.॥
संसारा हातीं सोडवूनि गळा । हें कां अवकळा येती पुढें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे सेवे घडेल अंतराय । यास करूं काय पांडुरंगा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I resolve many times over not to give such harsh answers to people. What sin stands in the way, appearing before me and changing the very nature of my inner temperament? I have freed my neck from the grip of worldly life, yet why do these failings keep coming forward? Says Tuka, O Panduranga, if an obstacle arises in my service, what am I to do?
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