Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
ह्मणउनि काय जीऊं भHपण । जायाचीं भूषणें अळंकार ॥1॥
आपुल्या कष्टाची करूनियां जोडी । मिरवीन उघडी इच्छावसें ॥ध्रु.॥
तुके तरि तुकीं खयाचे उत्तम । मुलाम्याच्या भ्रम कोठवरि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे पुढें आणि मागें फांस । पावें ऐसा नास न करीं देवा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Why should I live merely wearing the ornaments and decorations of devotion like borrowed finery? Let me earn my own spiritual wealth through genuine effort and display it openly as I wish. Genuine coin rings true when tested, but the illusion of plating lasts only so long. Says Tuka, traps lie ahead and behind. Do not bring me to such ruin, O God.
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