Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
येथें नाहीं उरों आले अवतार । येर ते पामर जीव किती ॥1॥
विषयांचे झणी व्हाल लोलिंगत । चेवलिया अंत न लगे मज ॥ध्रु.॥
वाहोनियां भार कुंथसील ओंझे । नव्हे तें चि माझें थीता त्याग ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कैसी नाहीं त्याची लाज । संतीं केशीराज साधियेला ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even the great incarnations did not endure in this world forever; how much less so these ordinary souls? Beware of becoming intoxicated with sense-pleasures. Once you are consumed by them, the end is beyond my reach. Carrying and groaning under a heavy load does not make it yours; true renunciation is giving up what is already at hand. Says Tuka, have they no shame? The saints have already won Keshiraja.
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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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