Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
आह्मां देणें धरा सांगतों तें कानीं । चिंता पाय मनीं विठोबाचे ॥1॥
तेणें माझें चित्त होय समाधान । विलास मिष्टान्न न लगे सोनें ॥ध्रु.॥
व्रत एकादशी दारीं वृंदावन । कंठीं ल्या रे लेणें तुळसीमाळा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे त्याचे घरींची उष्टावळी । मज ते दिवाळी दसरा सण ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Listen and keep what I say in your ears: fix your mind on the feet of Vithoba. By that alone my heart finds contentment. I need no delicacies, no luxuries, no gold. Observe the Ekadashi fast. Plant a tulsi shrine at your door. Wear the garland of tulsi beads around your neck. Says Tuka, the sacred leftovers from His house are my Diwali, my Dasara, my festival.
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Appeals and Exhortations
Direct calls to action: wake up, seek God, do not waste this human birth.
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