Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 नाहीं पाक होत उफराटे चाली । बोलिली ते केली व्हावी नीत ॥1॥
 नाहीं मानूं येत वांजटाचे बोल । कोरडे च फोल चवी नाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
 तरुवरा आधीं कोठें आहे फळ । चावटा बरळ ह्मणा त्यासी ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे किती ठकलीं बापुडीं । गव्हा आहे गोडी मांडे पुया ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
No cooking is done by walking backwards; what has been spoken must be practiced. The words of one who has no experience carry no weight; they are empty and tasteless. Where is the fruit before the tree has grown? Call such a person a mere babbler. Says Tuka, how many innocent souls have been deceived this way. Wheat has its own sweetness, but that only shows in the bread and cakes.
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