Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
बरें जालीयाचे अवघें सांगाती । वाइटाचे अंतीं कोणी नाहीं ॥1॥
नोहे मातापिता नोहे कांतासुत । इतरांची मात काय सांगों ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जन दुतोंडी सावज । सांपडे सहज तिकडे धरी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When times are good, everyone is your companion. When things go wrong, no one remains. Neither mother nor father, neither spouse nor child stands by you. What can be said of others? Says Tuka, the world is a two-faced beast; it seizes whatever prey falls easiest to hand.
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