Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तक्र शिष्या मान । दुग्धा ह्मणे नारायण ॥1॥
ऐशीं Yाानाचीं डोबडें । आशा विटंबिलीं मूढें ॥ध्रु.॥
उपदेश तो जगा । आपण सोंवळा इतका मांगा ॥2॥
रसनाशिश्नाचे अंकित । तुका ह्मणे वरदळ िस्पत ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He gives buttermilk to his disciples and calls the milk an offering to Narayana. Such are the tattered rags of his so-called knowledge; desire has ruined the fool. He preaches to the world while keeping himself pure, as far removed from practice as an outcaste. Says Tuka, a slave to his tongue and his loins, his surface sheen is nothing but brass.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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