Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
काय खावें आतां कोणीकडे जावें । गांवांत राहावें कोण्या बळें ॥1॥
कोपला पाटील गांवचे हे लोक । आतां घाली भीक कोण मज ॥ध्रु.॥
आतां येणें चवी सांडिली ह्मणती । निवाडा करिती दिवाणांत ॥2॥
भल्या लोकीं यास सांगितली मात । केला माझा घात दुर्बळाचा ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे याचा संग नव्हे भला । शोधीत विठ्ठला जाऊं आतां ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What shall I eat now, where shall I go? By what strength shall I remain in this village? The village headman is angry, and these townspeople are hostile. Who will give me alms now? They say I have lost my senses and are passing judgment against me in the village council. Good people have been told tales about me; the powerful have ruined this poor one. Says Tuka, this company is no good. I will go now in search of Vitthal.
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