Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
ब्राह्मण तो नव्हे ऐसी ज्यासी बुिद्ध । पाहा श्रुतीमधीं विचारूनि ॥1॥
जयासी नावडे हरिनामकीर्तन । आणीक नृत्य न वैष्णवांचें ॥ध्रु.॥
सत्य त्याचे वेळे घडला व्यभिचार । मातेसी वेव्हार अंत्यजाचा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे येथें मानी आनसारिखें । तात्काळ तो मुखें कुष्ट होय ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He is no true Brahmin who holds such notions. Look into the scriptures and consider carefully. One who does not love the kirtan of Hari's name, and does not love the dancing of the Vaishnavas: at the very moment of his conception, his mother committed adultery with an outcaste. Says Tuka, whoever thinks otherwise about what is said here, let leprosy appear on his face at once.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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