Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 कळे परि न सुटे गांठी । जालें पोटीं कुपथ्य ॥1॥
 अहंकाराचें आंदणें जीव । राहे कींव केली ते ॥ध्रु.॥
 हेंकडाची एकी च वोढी । ते ही खोडी सांगती ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे सांगों किती । कांहीं चित्तीं न राहे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One understands, yet the inner knot does not loosen; the wrong diet has already entered the belly. The ego's dowry holds the jiva captive; where then is the compassion it was promised? Stubbornness pulls in only one direction, and even that fault people will point out. Says Tuka, how much can I explain? Nothing stays in anyone's mind.
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