Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
जाली गाढवी दुधाळ । महिमा गाइऩची पावेल ॥1॥
श्वान जालेंसे चांगलें । तरी कां सांगातें जेवील ॥ध्रु.॥
जाली सिंदळा चांगली । तरि कां पतिव्रता जाली ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐशा जाति । काय उंचपण पावती ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
If a she-donkey gives milk, will it attain the status of a cow's? If a dog is groomed nicely, will it be invited to dine at the table? If a fallen woman becomes refined, does that make her a chaste wife? Says Tuka, can such natures ever attain true nobility?
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Worldly Metaphors
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