Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
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मराठी मूळ
 आपुली बुटबुट घ्यावी । माझी परताप द्यावी ॥1॥
 आपुला मंत्र नव्हे बरा । माझा बइऩल चुकला मोरा ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे ऐशा नरा । परिस न झोंबे खापरा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He wants to keep his own faults to himself and have my accomplishments credited to him. His own mantra does not work, yet he says my bull missed the peacock. Says Tuka, a touchstone will not cling to a potsherd, no matter what such a man does.
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