Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
तापल्यावांचून नव्हे अळंकार । पिटूनियां सार उरलें तें ॥1॥
मग कदाकाळीं नव्हे शुद्ध जाति । नासें शत्रु होती मित्र ते चि ॥ध्रु.॥
किळवर बरें भोगूं द्यावें भोगा । फांसिलें तें रोगा हातीं सुटे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मन करावें पाठेळ । साहावे चि जाळ सिजेवरि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Without heating in the fire, no ornament can be fashioned. Only what survives the hammering endures. Once tested, the pure essence never degrades; enemies are turned into friends. One should allow the gross to be consumed by experience. That which is refined endures and is freed from disease. Says Tuka, make the mind as tough as leather. Endure the burning until it is fully cooked.
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