Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
मोल देऊनियां सांटवावे दोष । नटाचे ते वेश पाहोनियां ॥1॥
हरिदासां मुखें हरिकथाकीर्तन । तेथें पुण्यें पुण्य विशेषता ॥ध्रु.॥
हरितील वस्त्रें गोपिकांच्या वेशें । पाप त्यासरिसें मात्रागमन ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे पाहा ऐसें जालें जन । सेवाभिHहीन रसीं गोडी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
People pay to see the actor's costumes and store up his vices along with the viewing. But when devotees sing Hari's name and katha-kirtan, there merit piles upon merit, in full measure. They steal garments and dress in the gopis' guise; with that disguise comes the sin of forbidden transgression. Says Tuka, see what people have become: devoid of seva, they seek only the sweetness of rasa in mere spectacle.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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