Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
देखण्याच्या तीन जाती । वेठी वार्ता अत्यंतीं ॥1॥
जैसा भाव तैसें फळ । स्वातीतोय एक जळ ॥ध्रु.॥
पाहे सांगे आणि जेवी । अंतर महदांतर तेवी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे हिरा । पारखियां मूढां गारा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
There are three kinds of seeing: by forced conscription, by hearsay, and by direct tasting. As is the inner disposition, so is the fruit; the rain of the Swati star is one water, yet not one result. One who sees, one who speaks, and one who partakes: the distance between them is vast beyond measure. Says Tuka, a diamond is a diamond to the jeweler; to the ignorant, it is gravel.
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