Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
शूकरासी विष्ठा माने सावकास । मिष्टान्नाची त्यास काय गोडी ॥1॥
तेवीं अभक्तांसी आवडे पाखांड । न लगे त्यां गोड परमार्थ ॥ध्रु.॥
श्वानासी भोजन दिलें पंचामृत । तरी त्याचें चित्त हाडावरि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे सर्पा पाजिलिया क्षीर । वमितां विखार विष जालें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A pig finds comfort in filth; what taste can it have for fine food? In the same way, those without devotion love hypocrisy; genuine spiritual truth holds no appeal for them. If a dog is fed a feast of the five nectars, its heart still craves a bone. Says Tuka, if a serpent is fed milk, when it vomits, it produces only poison.
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