Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
शिष्यांची जो नेघे सेवा । मानी देवासारिखें ॥1॥
त्याचा फळे उपदेश । आणिकां दोष उफराटे ॥ध्रु.॥
त्याचें खरें ब्रह्मYाान । उदासीन देहभावीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे सत्य सांगें । योत रागें येती ते ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The guru who does not demand service from his disciples and treats them as he would treat God: his teaching bears fruit. For all others, the result is the opposite. His is the true knowledge of Brahman, for he is indifferent to all body-identification. Says Tuka, I speak the truth, though it angers those who hear it.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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