Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 जाळें घातलें सागरीं । बिंदु न राहे भीतरी ॥1॥
 तैसें पापियाचें मन । तया नावडे कीर्त्तन ॥ध्रु.॥
 गाढव गंगेसी न्हाणिलें। जाउनि उकरडएावरि लोळे ॥2॥
 प्रीती पोसिलें काउळें । जाउनि विष्ठेवरी लोळे ॥3॥
 तुका ह्मणे तैसी हरी । कीरव्या नावडे कस्तुरी॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When a net is cast into the sea, not a drop of water stays within it. So is the mind of the wrongdoer, to whom kirtan holds no appeal. Bathe a donkey in the Ganga, and it goes and rolls on the garbage heap. Raise a crow with affection, and it goes and rolls upon filth. Says Tuka, just so, the worm does not care for musk.
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