Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
निंबाचिया झाडा साकरेचें आळें । आपलीं ती फळें न संडी च ॥1॥
तैसें अधमाचें अमंगळ चित्त । वमन तें हित करुनि सांडी ॥ध्रु.॥
परिसाचे अंगीं लाविलें खापर । पालट अंतर नेघे त्याचें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे वेळू चंदना संगतीं । काय ते नसती जविळकें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even if you water a neem tree with sugar syrup, it will not abandon its bitter fruit. So is the mind of a wicked person: even after vomiting out what is good, it casts it aside. A potsherd placed against the philosopher's stone does not change its inner nature. Says Tuka, does a bamboo become fragrant simply by standing next to sandalwood?
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