Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
शिकल्या बोलाचे सांगतील वाद । अनुभव भेद नाहीं कोणा ॥१॥
पंडित हे ज्ञानी करितील कथा । न मळिती अर्था निजसुखा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे जैसी लांचासाठीं ग्वाही । देतील हे नाहीं ठावी वस्तु ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Those who have learned arguments from books will debate endlessly, yet none of them has the direct experience of truth. Scholars and so-called wise ones give discourses, but they never touch the substance of inner bliss. Says Tuka, they are like false witnesses who testify for a bribe, knowing nothing of the real matter.
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