Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
पंडित ह्मणतां थोर सुख । परि तो पाहातां अवघा मूर्ख ॥1॥
काय करावें घोकिलें । वेदपठण वांयां गेलें ॥ध्रु.॥
वेदीं सांगितलें तें न करी । सम ब्रह्म नेणे दुराचारी ॥2॥
तुका देखे जीवीं शिव । हा तेथींचा अनुभव ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Being called a pandit gives one great satisfaction, yet look closely and you find him a complete fool. What good is all that memorized learning? His recitation of the Vedas has gone entirely to waste. He does not practice what the Vedas teach; the wicked one does not see the equality of Brahman. Says Tuka, one who sees Shiva in every living being has true experience of that reality.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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