Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
 कोड आवडीचें । पुरवीना बाळकाचें ॥1॥
 तेव्हां कैसी ते माउली । जाणा काशासाटीं व्याली ॥ध्रु.॥
 वत्साचिये आसे। धेनु धांवेना गोरसें ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे धरि । बाळ टाकिलें वानरीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If a mother will not fulfill the fond wishes of her child, then what kind of mother is she, and why did she give birth at all? If a cow will not run with milk for the sake of her calf, then, Says Tuka, she is like a monkey that drops its young and moves on.
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