Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
सद्गूवांचूनि प्रेतरूप वाणी । बोलती पुराणीं व्यासॠषि॥1॥
ह्मणोनि तयाचें पाहूं नये तोंड । निगुरा अखंड सुतकाळा ॥ध्रु.॥
कोणे परी तया नव्हे चि सुटका । देह त्याचा लटिका जाणा तुह्मी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसीं बोलती पुराणें । संतांचीं वचनें मागिलां हो ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Without the Sadguru, all speech is like a corpse; so say the sage Vyasa and the Puranas. Therefore, do not even look upon the face of one without a Guru; such a person is forever in a state of impurity. By no means can such a one find liberation. Know that his body is illusory. Says Tuka, this is what the Puranas declare; these are the words of the saints of old.
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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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