Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
ऐसे पुढती मिळतां आतां । नाहीं सत्ता स्वतंत्र ॥1॥
म्हणउनि फावलें तें घ्यावें । नाम गावें आवडी ॥ध्रु.॥
संचित प्रारब्ध गाढें । धांवे पुढें क्रियमाण ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे घुबडा ऐसें । जन्म सरिसे शुकराचें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If all these forces converge in the future, you will have no independence at all. Therefore seize what is available now and sing the Name with love. Accumulated karma is powerful, and ongoing action races ahead. Says Tuka, otherwise life after life passes like the blind owl's, or the hog's.
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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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