Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 खोंकरी आधन होय पाकसििद्ध । हें तों घडों कधीं शके चि ना ॥1॥
 खापराचे अंगीं घासितां परिस । न पालटे कीस काढिलिया ॥2॥
 पालथे घागरी रिचवितां जळ । तुका ह्मणे खळ तैसे कथे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Cooking cannot be done with twigs of thorns; how could that ever work? Rubbing a potsherd against a touchstone will not change it, no matter how you scrape. Says Tuka, pouring water into an upturned pot is what the wicked are like when they come to a sacred discourse.
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