Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
संताचा अतिक्रम । देवपूजा तो अधर्म ॥१॥
येती दगड तैसे वरी । मंत्रपुष्पें देवा शिरीं ॥ध्रु.॥
अतीतासि गाळी । देवा नैवेद्यासी पोळी ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे देवा । ताडण भेदकांची सेवा ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
To mistreat a saint while worshipping God is itself unrighteousness. The flowers and mantras offered upon God's head return like stones thrown upward. One abuses the guest and then offers a fine bread to the deity. Says Tuka, the service of one who injures devotees is but a beating upon God.
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