Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
भाव नाहीं काय मुद्रा वाणी । बैसे बगळा निश्चळ ध्यानीं ॥1॥
नाहीं चाड देवाची कांहीं । छळणें टोंके तस्करघाइऩ ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे त्याचा संग । नको शब्द स्पर्शअंग ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Where is the devotion in one whose gestures, posture, and speech are mere show? A crane sits motionless, feigning meditation, but has no love for God; its aim is to deceive and strike like a thief. Says Tuka, avoid even the words and the touch and the company of such a person.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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