Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
काय आतां आह्मीं पोट चि भरावें । जग चाळवावें भH ह्मुण ॥1॥
ऐसा तरि एक सांगा जी विचार । बहु होतों फार कासावीस ॥ध्रु.॥
काय कवित्वाची घालूनियां रूढी । करूं जोडाजोडी अक्षरांची ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे काय गुंपोनि दुकाना । राहों नारायणा करुनी घात ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Should I now just fill my belly and deceive the world by calling myself a devotee? If so, then tell me plainly, for I am deeply distressed. Should I make a show of poetic skill, stringing words together for display? Says Tuka, should I set up shop and sit there, O Narayana, betraying my own soul?
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