Gatha Abhang 947 - Jeev tochi dev bhojan te bhaktee - जीव तोचि देव भोजन ते भक्ती । मरण तेचि मुक्ति पाखांड्याची

 Gatha Abhang 947 - Jeev tochi dev bhojan te bhaktee

Marathi Text

जीव तोचि देव भोजन ते भक्ती । मरण तेचि मुक्ति पाखांड्याची ॥१॥
पिंडाच्या पोषके नागविलें जन । लटिकें पुराण केलें वेद ॥२॥
मना आला तैसा करिती विचार । म्हणती संसार नाहीं पुन्हा ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे पाठीं उडती यमदंड । पापपुण्य लंड न विचारीती ॥४॥

 

Roman Script

1. Jeev tochi dev bhojan te bhaktee, maran techi mukti paakhaandyaachee

2. Pindaachyaa poshake naagavile jana, latike puraan kele veda

3. Manaa aalaa taisaa karitee vichaar, mhanatee sansaar naahee punha

4. Tuka mhane paathee udatee yamadand, paapapunya landa na vichaareetee.

 

Translation

1. In the opinion of hypocrites, the body itself is God. Eating is devotion, and death is liberation.

2. In this way, by prioritizing the nourishment of the body, these atheists have deceived simple and innocent people by giving them perverse knowledge and have tried to convince that the Vedas, scriptures, and Puranas are all false.

3. Hypocritical people, without any basis in evidence, think of acting however their minds please, and they say that it is not possible to be reborn after death. (Therefore, as long as we are alive, we should eat, drink, and dress, even if it means taking out loans. We should indulge the body in as many ways as possible.)

4. Tuka says that atheists who disregard sin and virtue now will face Yama's punishment in the future.

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