Tukaram Gatha Abhanga 534 - Kaay naahee lavat jhaade

Marathi

काय नाहीं लवत झाडे । विसरे वेडें देहभाव ॥१॥

जया न फळे उपदेश । धस ऐसें त्या नांव ॥२॥ 

काय नाही असत जड । दगडं तो अबोलणा ॥३॥

तुका म्हणे कुचर दाणा । तैसा म्हणा डेंग हा ॥४॥

Roman Text

1.      Kaay naahee lavat jhaade, visare vede dehabhaav

2.      Jaya na fale upadesh, dhas aise tya naav

3.      Kaay nahee asat jad, dagad to abolana

4.      Tuka mhane kuchar daana, taisa mhana deng ha

 

Translation

1.      Trees bend when there's a strong wind. Don't they? A mad man forgets his body consciousness. Doesn't he?

2.      A person who cannot understand and digest a good spiritual advice, can be called a dumb or irrational person.

3.      A stone is a heavy thing which cannot speak. Isn't it?

4.      Tuka says, sometimes we find a grain which didn't get cooked at all, when we are cooking food. Similarly, this stupid man will never pursue and settle in the spiritual path.

***