Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
न करावी आतां पोटासाटीं चिंता । आहे त्या संचिता माप लावूं ॥1॥
दृिष्ट ते घालावी परमार्थाठायीं । क्षुल्लका उपायीं सिण जाला ॥ध्रु.॥
येथें तंव नाहीं घेइजेसें सवें । कांहीं नये जीवें वेचों मिथ्या ॥2॥
खंडणें चि नव्हे उद्वेग वेरझारीं । बापुडे संसारीं सदा असों ॥3॥
शेवटा पाववी नावेचें बैसनें । भुजाबळें कोणें कष्टी व्हावें ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे आतां सकळांचें सार । करावा व्यापार तरी ऐसा ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Do not worry about the belly any longer. Let us put the measure to whatever destiny has provided. Fix your gaze upon the spiritual path; pursuing trivial schemes has only brought exhaustion. Nothing from here can be taken along; why spend yourself on what is false? There is no end to the restless coming and going; the poor soul remains forever in worldly life. Sitting in the boat brings you to the far shore; why toil with the strength of your own arms? Says Tuka, this is the essence of everything: if you are going to do business, let it be of this kind.
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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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