Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 बसतां चोरापाशीं तैसी होय बुिद्ध । देखतां चि चिंधी मन धांवे ॥1॥
 व्यभिचायापासीं बैसतां क्षणभरी । देखतां चि नारी मन धांवे ॥ध्रु.॥
 प्रपंचाचा छंद टाकूनियां गोवा । धरावें केशवा हृदयांत ॥2॥
 सांडुनियां देइप संसाराची बेडी । कीर्तनाची गोडी धरावी गा ॥23॥
 तुका ह्मणे तुला सांगतों मी एक । रुिक्मणीनायक मुखीं गावा ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Sitting with a thief makes the mind think like a thief; the moment you see a rag, the mind races toward it. Sitting even for a moment with an adulterer, the mind runs at the sight of a woman. Abandon the clinging web of worldly preoccupation and hold Keshava in your heart. Cast off the shackles of worldly life and cultivate a taste for kirtan. Says Tuka, I tell you this one thing: sing of Rukmini's Lord with your lips.
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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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