Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सोनियाचें ताट क्षीरीनें भरिलें । भक्षावया दिलें श्वाना लागीं ॥१॥
मुक्ताफळहार खरासि घातला । कस्तुरी सुकराला चोजविली ॥ध्रु.॥
वेदपरायण बधिरा सांगे ज्ञान । तयाची ते खुण काय जाणे ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे ज्याचें तो चि एक जाणे । भक्तीचें महिमान साधु जाणे ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A golden plate filled with milk-rice was set before a dog to eat. A pearl necklace was put upon a donkey, and musk was offered to a pig. One may recite the Vedas to a deaf man, but how will he ever grasp their meaning? Says Tuka, the worth of a thing is known only by the one to whom it belongs. Only the saintly know the true greatness of devotion.
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