Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
ह्मणतां हरिदास कां रे नाहीं लाज । दीनास महाराज ह्मणसी हीना ॥1॥
काय ऐसें पोट न भरे तें गेलें । हालविसी कुले सभेमाजी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे पोटें केली विटंबना । दीन जाला जना कींव भाकी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Why are you not ashamed to call yourself a haridasa? You call yourself a great lord of the poor while being lowly yourself. Is your belly not filled that you must shake your lineage before the assembly? Says Tuka, for the belly's sake you have brought disgrace upon yourself, becoming pitiable before all people.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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