Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
बरें जालें आलीं ज्याचीं त्याच्या घरा । चुकला पाहेरा ओढाळांचा ॥1॥
बहु केलें दुखी त्यांचिया सांभाळें । आतां तोंड काळें तेणें लोभें ॥ध्रु.॥
त्यांचिया अन्यायें भोगा माझें अंग । सकळ ही लाग द्यावा लागे ॥2॥
नाहीं कोठें िस्थर राहों दिलें क्षण । आजिवरी सिण पावलों तो ॥3॥
वेगळाल्या खोडी केली तडातडी। सांगावया घडी नाहीं सुख ॥4॥
निरवूनि तुका चालिला गोवारें । देवापाशीं भार सांडवूनि ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
It is well that everything has returned to its rightful owner. The unruly senses have been sent away. I suffered greatly in tending to them. Now let their greed blacken their own faces. Because of their transgressions, my body bore the punishment. I had to pay the price for every one of their offenses. They never let me rest for a single moment; until now I have endured that weariness. Each separate vice has been dealt with decisively. There is not a moment of pleasure in describing all this. Says Tuka, having settled accounts with the unruly senses, I walk on, having placed the burden upon God.
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Renunciation
The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.
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