Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
संसाराचा माथां भार । कांहीं पर न ठेवीं ॥1॥
भक्तीची ते जाती ऐसी । सर्वस्वासी मुकावें ॥ध्रु.॥
भिक्षाणी वेवसाव। काला करितो गाढव ॥2॥
करुनि वस्ती बाजारीं । ह्मणवी कासया निस्पृही ॥3॥
प्रसादा आडुनि कवी । केलें तुप पाणी तेवीं ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे होंइऩ सुर । किंवा निसुर मजुर ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Do not place the burden of worldly life on anything but yourself. The path of devotion is such: one must be ready to give up everything. A beggar who runs a business and makes a donkey work for him, yet dwells in the marketplace and calls himself a renunciant, what is the point? Mixing water into the ghee that was meant as sacred offering, he dilutes its worth. Says Tuka, be either a true devotee or an honest laborer; do not pretend.
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Renunciation
The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.
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