Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
शूरां साजती हतियारें । गांढएां हासतील पोरें ॥1॥
काय केली विटंबण । मोतीं नासिकावांचून ॥ध्रु.॥
पतिव्रते रूप साजे। सिंदळ काजळ लेतां लाजे ॥2॥
दासी पत्नी सुता । नव्हे सरी एक पिता ॥3॥
मान बुिद्धवंतां । थोर न मनिती पिता ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे तरी । आंत शुद्ध दंडे वरी ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Weapons befit the brave; in the hands of a coward, even children laugh. What humiliation it is for pearls to be strung without a proper nose-ring. Beauty suits a devoted wife; even a harlot is ashamed to put on kohl. A maidservant, a wife, and a daughter cannot share equal standing with a father. Honor belongs to the wise; the thoughtless do not deserve it. Says Tuka, this is so only when one is pure within, even if punished outwardly.
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