Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
जीव तो चि देव भोजन ते भिH । मरण तेचि मुिH पापांडएाची ॥1॥
पिंडाच्या पोषकी नागविलें जन । लटिकें पुराण केलें वेद ॥ध्रु.॥
मना आला तैसा करिती विचार । ह्मणती संसार नाहीं पुन्हा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे पाठीं उडती यमदंड । पापपुण्य लंड न विचारी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
These people say the jiva is God, eating is devotion, and death is liberation from sin. By pampering the body they have deceived the world and made the Puranas and Vedas a lie. They rationalize as they please and declare there is no rebirth. Says Tuka, the rod of Yama will fall upon their backs. This debauched wretch reckons neither merit nor sin.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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