Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
2704. भुके नाहीं अन्न । मेल्यावरी पिंडदान ॥1॥
नैवेद्याचा आळ । वेच ठाकणीं सकळ ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जड । मज न राखावें दगड ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
There is no food for the hungry while alive, yet after death there is the offering of rice-balls. The excuse of food-offerings to God merely serves the occasion's expenses. Says Tuka, do not keep me captive like a heavy stone.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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