Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
आपुल्याचा भोत चाटी । मारी करंटीं पारिख्या॥1॥
ऐसें जन भुललें देवा । मिथ्या हेवा वाढवी ॥ध्रु.॥
गळ गिळी आविसें मासा । प्राण आशा घेतला ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे बोकडमोहो । धरी पहा हो खाटिक ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A person's own spirit licks the butter while beating the stranger. The world is thus deluded, O God, nourishing a false envy. The fish eagerly swallows the hook, and its life is taken by greed. Says Tuka, see how the goat nuzzles the very butcher who holds it.
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