Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 गाढव शृंगारिलें कोडें । कांहीं केल्या नव्हे घोडें॥1॥
 त्याचें भुंकणें न राहे । स्वभावासी करील काये ॥ध्रु.॥
 श्वान शिबिके बैसविलें । भुंकतां न राहे उगलें ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे स्वभावकर्म । कांहीं केल्या न सुटे धर्म ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
You may adorn a donkey however you wish, but it will never become a horse. Its braying will not cease. What can be done about its nature? You may seat a dog in a palanquin, but it will not stop barking. Says Tuka, the actions born of one's innate nature cannot be shed by any means.
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