Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
॥
मराठी मूळ
 आवडे सकळां मिष्टान्न । रोग्या विषा त्यासमान॥1॥
 दर्पण नावडे तया एका । ठाव नाहीं ज्याच्या नाका ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे तैशा खळा । उपदेशाचा कांटाळा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Everyone loves fine food, but to a sick person it is the same as poison. The mirror is hated only by the one whose nose is missing. Says Tuka, in the same way, the wicked despise spiritual instruction.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
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Worldly Metaphors
Poems using images from games, occupations, and daily life as spiritual teaching.
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