Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
व्याल्याविण करी शोभनतांतडी । चार ते गधडी करीतसे ॥१॥
कासया पाल्हाळ आणिकांचे देखी । सांगतां नव्हे सुखी साखरेसि ॥ध्रु.॥
कुंथाच्या ढेकरें न देवेल पुष्टी । रूप दावी कष्टी मळिण वरी ॥२॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Without having delivered, the she-donkey rushes through the naming ceremony. Why all this fuss, looking at what others do? Sugar cannot be made happy by telling it so. A belch from straining gives no nourishment; it only leaves the face looking grimy.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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