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मराठी मूळ
जायाचे अळंकार । बुडवूनि होती चोर ॥1॥
त्यांसी ताडणाची पूजा । योग घडे बया वोजा ॥ध्रु.॥
अभिलाषाच्या सुखें। अंतीं होती काळीं मुखें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे चोरा । होय भूषण मातेरा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Those who steal a wife's ornaments become thieves. The fitting reward for them is a beating, and that is what destiny arranges. In the pleasure of coveting, their faces turn black at the end. Says Tuka, the only ornament fit for a thief is dust.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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