Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 निंदक तो परउपकारी । काय वणूप त्याची थोरी । जे रजकाहुनि भले परि । सर्व गुणें आगळा ॥1॥
 नेघे मोल धुतो फुका। पाप वरच्यावरि देखा । करी साधका । शुद्ध सरते तिहीं लोकीं ॥ध्रु.॥
 मुखसंवदणी सांगते । अवघें सांटविलें तेथें । जिव्हा साबण निरुतें । दोष काढी जन्माचे ॥2॥
 तया ठाव यमपुरीं । वास करणें अघोरीं । त्यासी दंडण करी । तुका ह्मणे न्हाणी ते ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The slanderer is truly a selfless benefactor. How can I describe his greatness? He is even better than a washerman in every way. He charges no fee but washes away our sins for free. Just look: he takes our faults upon himself. His tongue is the soap that scrubs out the stains of lifetimes. What is stored in his gossip-laden mouth cleanses everything. Says Tuka, his dwelling is in Yama's city, where terrible suffering awaits. Yet that very suffering of his is what cleanses us.
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