Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
उरा लावी उर आळंगितां कांता । संतासी भेटतां अंग चोरी ॥1॥
अतीत देखोनि होय पाठमोरा । व्याहएासी सामोरा जाय वेगीं ॥ध्रु.॥
द्विजा नमस्कारा मनीं भाव कैचा । तुकाऩचे दासीचा लेंक होय ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे तुह्मी क्रोधासी न यावें । स्वभावा करावें काय कोणीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He embraces his wife chest to chest, but when meeting a saint he shrinks away. Seeing a holy wanderer, he turns his back, yet he rushes to greet his in-laws. He bows to a brahmin without any feeling in his mind, yet he becomes a slave to his mistress's child. Says Tuka, do not be angry with such people. What can anyone do against their ingrained nature?.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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