Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
नका वांटूं मन विधिनिषेधांसी । स्मरावा मानसीं पांडुरंग ॥1॥
खादलिया अन्ना मासी बोलों नये । अवघें चि जाये एका घांसें ॥ध्रु.॥
जोडी होते परी ते बहु कठिण । करितां जतन सांभाळावें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणें येथें न मना विषाद । निंबेंविण व्याध तुटों नये ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Do not scatter your mind among rules and prohibitions. Remember Panduranga within your heart. Once food has been eaten, one should not speak ill of it; a single morsel can ruin the entire meal. The gains of spiritual life are hard-won; one must carefully guard and preserve them. Says Tuka, there should be no despair here; without the proper medicine, the ailment cannot be cured.
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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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