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The Price?

Tukaram, Tukaram poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by Tukaram
(1608 - 1649) Timeline

English version by
Harry Kottler

Original Language
Marathi

Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)
17th Century

If you treat the opposite sex with reverence
will you pay a price?
If you stop your fault-finding and covetous ways
will your earnings not suffice?

If you sit in prayer and meditation
will it cost a living wage?
If you trust the words of realized souls
will your boss forget your pay?

Is it a burden to pursue wisdom?
Do you fear the price it brings?
Tuka says,
Fools worry about the little stuff.
Don't they know? God brings everything!

 

 

 

Themes

  Sexual Union
 
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Life of Tukaram, by Justin E. Abbot
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs
Says Tuka: Selected Poetry of Tukaram, Translated by Dilip Chitre
Tukaram, by Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade

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