Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
साधूच्या दर्शना लाजसी गव्हारा । वेश्येचिया घरा पुष्पें नेसी ॥1॥
वेश्या दासी मुरळी जगाची वोंवळी । ते तुज सोंवळी वाटे कैशी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आतां लाज धरीं बुच्या । टांचराच्या कुच्या मारा वेगीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
You are ashamed to visit a saint, O fool, yet you carry flowers to a courtesan's door. A courtesan, a concubine, a dancing girl: she is the refuse of the world. How can she appear pure to you? Says Tuka, now feel some shame, you wretch. Beat yourselves soundly with your own shoes.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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