Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
हिरा ठेवितां ऐरणीं । वांचे मारितां जो घणीं ॥१॥
तोचि मोल पावे खरा । करणीचा होय चुरा ॥ध्रु.॥
मोहरा होय तोचि अंगें । सूत न जळे ज्याचे संगें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे तोचि संत । सोसी जगाचे आघात ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A diamond placed upon the anvil survives the blows of the hammer. That alone fetches its true worth; the imitation is crushed to dust. That alone becomes the touchstone: the thread does not burn in its company. Tuka says: that alone is a saint who endures the blows of the world.
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Worldly Metaphors
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