Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कुशळ गुंतले निषेधा । वादी प्रवर्तले वादा ॥1॥
कैसी ठकलीं बापुडीं । दंभविषयांचे सांकडीं ॥ध्रु.॥
भुस उपणुनि केलें काय । हारपले दोन्ही ठाय ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे लागे हातां । काय मथिलें घुसिळतां ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The clever ones are ensnared in prohibitions. The debaters are swept away in debate. How pitifully they are trapped between the pretense of virtue and the snare of sense-pleasures. What is gained by winnowing only chaff? Both positions are lost. Says Tuka, what comes into hand from all that churning?
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