Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
जायांचें अंगुलें लेतां नाहीं मान । शोभा नेदी जन हांसविलें ॥1॥
गुसिळतां ताक कांडितां भूस । साध्य नाहीं क्लेश जाती वांयां ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे नाहीं स्वता भांडवल । भिकेचें तें फोल बीज नव्हे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Wearing a woman's bracelet brings no honor to a man; the world only laughs at such adornment. Churning buttermilk or pounding chaff yields nothing; the labor is wasted with no result. Says Tuka, one who has no capital of one's own finds that what is begged or borrowed is fruitless and can never serve as seed.
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Worldly Metaphors
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