Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कंठीं कृष्णमणी । नाहीं अशुभ ते वाणी ॥१॥
हो का नर अथवा नारी । रांड तयें नावें खरी ॥ध्रु.॥
नाहीं हातीं दान । शूरपणाचें कांकण ॥२॥
वाळियेली संतीं । केली बोडोनि फजिती ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे ताळा । नाहीं त्याची अवकळा ॥४॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who does not wear the sacred tulsi beads at the throat, whose speech holds nothing auspicious, whether man or woman, is truly a wretch in name. One who has no generosity in the hand wears no bangle of valor. The saints have cast such a one aside and shaved him bald in disgrace. Says Tuka, for one who has no balance within, there is only degradation.
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