Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
जवळी नाहीं चित्त । काय मांडियेलें प्रेत ॥1॥
कैसा पाहे चिद्रद्रािष्ट । दीप स्नेहाच्या शेवटीं ॥ध्रु.॥
कांतेलेंसें श्वान । तैसें दिशा हिंडे मन ॥2॥
त्याचे कानीं हाणे । कोण बोंब तुका ह्मणे॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When the mind is not present, what use is the body sitting there like a corpse? He stares vacantly, like a lamp at the last flicker of its oil. His mind wanders in every direction like a starving dog. Says Tuka, who will shout a warning into such deaf ears?.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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