Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
 रोगिया मिष्टान्न मर्कटा चंदन । कागासी लेपन कर्पूराचें ॥1॥
 निर्नासिका जैसा नावडे आरिसा । मूर्खालागीं तैसा शास्त्रबोध ॥ध्रु.॥
 दास तुका ह्मणे विठ्ठलउदारें । अYाानअंधारें दूरी केलें ॥2॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Rich food is wasted on a sick man, sandalwood on a monkey, and a camphor paste on a crow. A mirror is hateful to one who has lost his nose; so too is scriptural teaching to a fool. Says Tuka, the generous Vitthal has driven away the darkness of ignorance.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
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Worldly Metaphors
Poems using images from games, occupations, and daily life as spiritual teaching.
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