Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
भांडवी माउली कवतुकें बाळा । आपणा सकळां सािक्षत्वेसीं ॥1॥
माझी माझी ह्मणे एकएकां मारी । हें तों नाहीं दुरी उभयतां ॥ध्रु.॥
तुझें थोडें भातें माझें बहु फार । छंद करकर वाद मिथ्या ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे एके ठायीं आहे वर्म । हें चि होय श्रम निवारितें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A mother playfully sets her children quarreling, watching as a witness to them all. "Mine, mine," she says, making each one hit the other, though in truth there is no distance between any of them. "You have little; I have much more." Such petty disputes and squabbles are all false. Says Tuka, the secret lies in one place alone, and that is what puts an end to all strife.
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