Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
पशु ऐसे होती Yाानी । चर्वणीं या विषयांचे ॥1॥
ठेवूनियां लोभीं लोभ । जाला क्षोभ आत्मत्वीं ॥ध्रु.॥
केला आणिकां वाढी पाक । खाणें ताक मूर्खासी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मोठा घात । वाताहात हा देह ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even the learned become like beasts, chewing the cud of sense pleasures. They heap greed upon greed, stirring agitation where the atman-state should dwell. They cook elaborate meals for others yet feed themselves only buttermilk. Says Tuka, what a great waste this human body becomes when it is so misused.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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