Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
पुरुषा हातीं कंकणचुडा । नवल दोडा वृित्त या ॥1॥
पाहा कैसी विटंबणा । नारायणा देखिली ॥ध्रु.॥
जळो ऐसी िब्रदावळी। भाटवोळीपणाची ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे पाहों डोळां । अवकळा नये हे॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A man wearing bangles and bridal ornaments on his wrists; what a strange and perverse sight. See what a humiliation this is, O Narayana. Let such a display of hollow titles burn. Says Tuka, one cannot bear to witness such degradation with open eyes.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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