Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
यमपुरी त्यांणीं वसविली जाणा । उच्छेद भजना विधी केला ॥1॥
अवघड कोणी न करी सांगतां । सुलभ बहुतां गोड वाटे ॥ध्रु.॥
काय ते नेणते होते मागें ॠषी । आधार लोकांसी ग्रंथ केले ॥2॥
द्रव्य दारा कोणें स्थापियेलें धन । पिंडाचें पाळण विषयभोग ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे दोहीं ठायीं हा फजित । पावे यमदूतजना हातीं ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Know this: those who have destroyed the practice of worship have populated the realm of Yama. No one does what is difficult when told; the easy path seems sweet to many. Were the ancient sages ignorant? They made the scriptures as a support for the people. Who established the pursuit of wealth and pleasures, the feeding of the body with sense-enjoyments? Says Tuka, such a person is disgraced in both worlds and falls into the hands of Yama's servants.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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