Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
उपकारासाटीं बोलों हे उपाय । येणेंविण काय आह्मां चाड ॥1॥
बुडतां हे जन न देखवे डोळां । येतो कळवळा ह्मणउनि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे माझे देखतिल डोळे । भोग देते वेळे येइऩल कळों ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
It is for the sake of helping others that I speak these remedies. Beyond this, I have no other interest. I cannot bear to watch people drowning before my eyes. Compassion rises in me, and so I speak. Says Tuka, my eyes see clearly. When the time of reckoning comes, the truth of these words will be known.
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