Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
बाइल तरी ऐसी व्हावी । नरकीं गोवी अनिवार॥1॥
घडों नेदी तीर्थयात्रा । केला कुतरा हातसोंका ॥ध्रु.॥
आपुली च करवी सेवा । पुजवी देवासारिखें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे गाढव पशु । केला नाशु आयुष्या ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A wife of this sort will drag one into inescapable hell. She prevents pilgrimages and sacred journeys, turning the husband into a chained dog. She makes him serve her every whim and has herself worshipped like a deity. Says Tuka, the one yoked to such a person has been made a donkey; the whole span of life is laid to waste.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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