Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
वेदविहित तुह्मी आइका हो कर्में । बोलतों तीं वर्में संतांपुढे ॥1॥
चारी वर्ण जाले एकाचिये अंगीं । पापपुण्य भागीं विभागिलें ॥ध्रु.॥
प्रथम पाउलीं पावविला पंथ । आदि मध्य अंत भेद नाहीं ॥2॥
आंबे बोरी वड बाभुळा चंदन । गुणागुणें भिन्न अिग्न एक ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे मन उन्मन जों होय । तोंवरि हे सोय विधि पाळीं ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Listen, O people, to the rites ordained by the Vedas. I speak these truths before the saints. The four castes arose from one body; merit and sin were apportioned to each. From the very first step, the path was shown. There is no difference of beginning, middle, or end. Mango, jujube, banyan, thorny acacia, and sandalwood are all different, but the fire that burns them is one. Says Tuka, until the mind rises into unmana, observe the prescribed way.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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