Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
कन्या गो करी कथेचा विकरा । चांडाळ तो खरा तया नांवें ॥१॥
गुण अवगुण हे दोन्ही प्रमाण । यातिशीं कारण नाहीं देवा ॥२॥
आशाबद्ध नये करूं तें करिती । तुका म्हणे जाती नरकामधीं ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who sells daughters, cows, and sacred stories. He is the true chandala, that is his name. Virtue and vice are the only true measures; caste has nothing to do with God. Says Tuka, those bound by desire do what should never be done. They fall into hell.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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