Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
फिरंगी वाखर लोखंडाचे विळे । परि ते निराळे गुणमोल ॥१॥
पायरी प्रतिमा एक चि पाषाण । परि तें महिमान वेगळालें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे तैशा नव्हतील परी । संतजना सरी सारिखिया ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Foreign steel and ordinary iron may look alike, yet their quality and worth are entirely different. A doorstep and a sacred image are both made of the same stone, yet their dignity is worlds apart. Says Tuka, even so, nothing in this world can ever be made equal to the saints.
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संत
The Saints
The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.
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