Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कौलें भरियेली पेंठ । निग्रहाचे खोटे तंट ॥1॥
ऐसें माता जाणे वर्म । बाळ वाढवितां धर्म ॥ध्रु.॥
कामवितां लोहो कसे। तांतडीनें काम नासे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे खडे । देतां अक्षरें तें जोडे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The marketplace is full of counterfeit goods, and stubborn disputes are worthless. A mother knows the secret of raising a child in righteousness. If iron is hammered too hastily, the work is ruined. Says Tuka, by giving the child small pebbles of practice, the letters of wisdom are eventually mastered.
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