Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 आणिकांच्या घातें मानितां संतोष । सुखदुःख दोष अंगीं लागे ॥1॥
 ऐसें मनीं वाहूं नयेती संकल्प । करूं नये पाप भांडवल ॥ध्रु.॥
 क्लेशाची चित्तीं राहाते कांचणी । अग्नींत टाकोनी ठाव जाळी ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे येणें घडे पुण्यक्षय । होणार तें होय प्रारब्धें चि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Taking pleasure in the ruin of others brings both joy and sorrow as flaws upon oneself. One should not entertain such thoughts in the mind or make sin one's capital. The thorn of malice lodges in the chitta; like throwing something into fire, it burns away one's own ground. Says Tuka, by this, one's merit is destroyed. Whatever was destined happens by fate alone.
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