Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
दर्पणासी नखटें लाजे । शुद्ध खिजे देखोनि ॥1॥
ऐसें अवगुणांच्या बाधें । दिसे सुदें विपरीत ॥ध्रु.॥
अंधऑयास काय हिरा । गारां चि तो सारिखा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे भुंके सुनें । ठाया नेणे ठाव तो ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
An ugly person is offended by the mirror; seeing purity, the impure become angry. Such is the effect of faults: what is straight appears crooked. What use is a diamond to a blind person? To him it is just another pebble. Says Tuka, a dog barks without knowing who stands there.
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