Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
इंद्रावणा केलें साकरेचें आळें । न सांडी वेगळें कडुपण ॥1॥
कावऑयाचें पिलूं कौतुकें पोशिलें । न राहे उगलें विष्ठेविण ॥ध्रु.॥
क्षेम देतां अंगा गांधेलाची पोळी । करवी नादाळी महाशब्द ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसे न होती ते भले । घालिती ते घाले साधुजना ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even if you raise the bitter gourd in a bed of sugar, it will not give up its bitterness. Even if you lovingly raise a crow's chick, it will not stop eating filth. If you embrace a branded bull, it will kick and make a terrible noise. Says Tuka, those who are not truly good will not become so; they will only cause harm to the saintly.
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