Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
Yाानियांचे घरीं चोजवितां देव । तेथें अहंभाव पाठी लागे ॥1॥
ह्मणोनियां ऐसे सांडिले उपाय । धरियेले पाय दृढ तुझे ॥ध्रु.॥
वेदपारायण पंडित वाचक । न मिळती एक एकांमधीं ॥2॥
पाहों गेलों भाव कैसी आत्मनिष्ठा । तेथें देखें चेष्टा विपरीत ॥3॥
आपुलिया नाहीं निवाले जे अंगें । योगी करती रागें गुरगुरु ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे मज कोणांचा पांगिला । नको बा विठ्ठला करूं आतां ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
In the homes of the learned, when God is sought, the sense of I-ness follows right behind. Therefore I have abandoned all such methods and held firmly to your feet. Scholars and reciters of the Vedas cannot agree among themselves. I went to observe their steadfast abidance in the Self and found nothing but perverse behavior there. Those whose own bodies have not found coolness, those so-called yogis, growl at others in anger. Says Tuka, I have no business with any of them. Do not make me go to them, dear Vitthala.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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