Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
दुर्जनाची जोडी । सज्जनाचे खेंटर तोडी ॥1॥
पाहे निमित्य तें उणें । धांवे छळावया सुनें ॥ध्रु.॥
न ह्मणे रामराम । मनें वाचे हें चि काम ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे भागा । आली निंदा करी मागा॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The company of the wicked breaks the bonds of the good. The villain looks for the smallest flaw and rushes to persecute with cunning. He never utters Rama's name; his sole occupation, in word and thought, is malice. Says Tuka, slander has come as his inheritance, and he pursues it relentlessly.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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