Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
ओनाम्याच्या काळें । खडें मांडविलें बाळें ॥1॥
तें चि पुढें पुढें काइऩ । मग लागलिया सोइऩ ॥ध्रु.॥
रज्जु सर्प होता । तोंवरी चि न कळतां ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे साचें । भय नाहीं बागुलाचें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
In the time of ignorance, a child sets up pebbles and plays house. That same game continues forward once the habit takes hold. The rope appeared to be a serpent, but only so long as one did not know the truth. Says Tuka, the genuine has nothing to fear from the scarecrow.
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