Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कोरडएा गोठी चटक्या बोल । शिकल्या सांगे नाहीं ओल ॥1॥
कोण यांचें मना आणी । ऐकों कानीं नाइकोनि ॥ध्रु.॥
घरोघरीं सांगती Yाान । भूस सिणें कांडिती ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आपुल्या मति । काय रितीं पोकळें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Dry lectures, clever quips, and learned recitations, all delivered without a drop of genuine feeling. They do not truly hear with their own ears; one cannot bear to listen. In every household they preach knowledge, yet all they are pounding is chaff and husk. Says Tuka, following their own mati alone, they remain hollow and empty.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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