Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
दंड अन्यायाच्या माथां । देखोनि करावा सर्वथा॥1॥
नये उगे बहुतां घाटूं । सिसें सोनियांत आटूं ॥ध्रु.॥
पापुण्यासाठीं । नीत केली सत्ता खोटी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे देवा । दोष कोणाचा तो दावा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Punishment should be dealt upon the head of the unjust, seeing their wrong deeds, without fail. One must not allow many wrongs to pass unchecked, nor let lead be mixed into gold. For the sake of distinguishing sin from merit, justice was established; when authority is corrupted, it is an outrage. Says Tuka, O God, whose fault is this? Let that be demonstrated.
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