Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
येऊनि संसारा काय हित केलें । आयुष्य नासिलें शिश्नोदरा ॥1॥
विषय सेवितां कोण तृप्त जाला । इंधनीं निवाला अिग्न कोठें ॥ध्रु.॥
देखोनी मृगजळ भांबावलीं वेडीं । विचाराची थडी न टाकिती ॥2॥
ऐसियां जीवांसी सोय न लाविसी । निष्ठ कां होसी कृपाळुवा ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे देवा अगाध पैं थोरी । सर्वांचे अंतरीं पुरलासी ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Having come into this world, what good have you done? You have wasted your life on the belly and its appetites. Who has ever been satisfied by indulging in sense pleasures? When has fire ever been quenched by adding fuel? Seeing a mirage, the foolish are bewildered, yet they will not take shelter on the bank of discrimination. O merciful One, why do You not set such souls on the right path? Why do You remain indifferent? Says Tuka, O God, unfathomable is Your greatness; You dwell within the hearts of all.
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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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