Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
चिरगुटें घालूनि वाढविलें पोट । गहवार बोभाट जनामध्यें ॥1॥
लटिके चि डोहळे दाखवी प्रकार । दुध स्तनीं पोर पोटीं नाहीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे अंतीं वांज चि ते खरी । फजिती दुसरी जनामध्यें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
She stuffs rags under her garment and flaunts a swollen belly, making a great commotion before the world. She mimics the cravings of pregnancy and puts on a show, yet there is no milk in the breast and no child in the womb. Says Tuka, in the end she is proven barren; a second disgrace follows amid the people.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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