Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
जया नाहीं नेम एकादशीव्रत । जाणावें तें प्रेत शव लोकीं ॥१॥
त्याचें वय नित्य काळ लेखीताहे । रागें दात खाय कराकरा ॥ध्रु.॥
जयाचिये द्वारीं तुळसीवृंदावन । नाहीं तें स्मशान गृह जाणां ॥२॥
जये कुळीं नाहीं एक ही वैष्णव । त्याचा बुडे भवनदीतापा ॥३॥
विठोबाचें नाम नुच्चारी जें तोंड । प्रत्यक्ष तें कुंड रजकाचें ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे त्याचे काष्ठ हातपाय । कीर्तना नव जाय हरीचिया ॥५॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who does not observe the Ekadashi vow should be known as a walking corpse in this world. Death counts his days at every moment and gnashes its teeth in readiness. A house without a tulsi shrine at its doorstep is no better than a cremation ground. A family without even one devotee of Vishnu drowns in the river of worldly suffering. A mouth that never utters the name of Vitthal is like the washerman's pit. Says Tuka, the hands and feet that never go to Hari's kirtan are no better than logs of wood.
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