Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
भोगें घडे त्याग । त्यागें अंगा येती भोग ॥१॥
ऐसें उफराटें वर्म । धर्मा अंगीं च अधर्म ॥ध्रु.॥
देव अंतरे तें पाप । खोटे उगवा संकल्प ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे भीड खोटी । लाभ विचारावा पोटीं ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Through indulgence comes renunciation, and through renunciation, pleasures return to seek you out. The pattern is paradoxical: within virtue itself, vice is hidden. That which distances you from God is sin; abandon all false resolutions. Says Tuka, false modesty is worthless; examine honestly where the real profit lies.
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