Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
बहु होता भला । परि ये रांडेनें नासिला ॥1॥
बहु शिकला रंग चाळे । खरें खोटें इचे वेळे ॥ध्रु.॥
नव्हतें आळवितें कोणी । इनें केला जगॠणी ॥2॥
ज्याचे त्यासी नेदी देऊं । तुका ह्मणे धांवे खाऊं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He was a very fine person, but this woman has ruined him. She has learned many tricks and masquerades; truth and falsehood are at her command. No one was inviting her, yet she has made Him a debtor to the whole world. Says Tuka, she will not let anyone receive what is rightfully theirs; she rushes to consume it first.
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