Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 प्राथिऩतां ही राहेना । आदरें पतना नेऊं पाहे ॥1॥
 आतां धांवधावें गा श्रीहरी । गेलों वांयां नाहीं तरी ।
 न दिसे कोणी आवरी। आणीक दुजा तयासी ॥ध्रु.॥
 न राहे एके ठायीं एकी घडी। चित्त तडतडा तोडी ।
 घालूं पाहे बा हे उडी या भवडोहीं ॥2॥
 आशा तृष्णा कल्पना पापिणी । घात मांडला माझा यांणीं ।
 तुका ह्मणे चक्रपाणी । काय अजोनि पाहातोसी॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even when I plead with this mind, it will not stay; it eagerly drags me toward ruin. O Shrihari, rush to my aid now. If You do not, I am lost. I see no one else who can restrain it. It will not rest in one place for a single moment; it tears away from me. It seeks to leap into the deep well of worldly existence. Desire, craving, and sinful imagination have conspired to destroy me. Says Tuka, O Lord who holds the discus, what are You still waiting to see?
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Prayers
Direct appeals to God: for protection, guidance, strength, and mercy.
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