Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
सिंदळीचे सोर चोराची दया । तो ही जाणा तया संवसर्गी ॥1॥
फुकासाटीं भोगे दुःखाचा वाटा । उभारोनी कांटा वाटेवरी ॥ध्रु.॥
सर्प पोसूनियां दुधाचा नास । केलें थीता विष अमृताचें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे यासी न करितां दंडण । पुढिल खंडण नव्हे दोषा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The sighs of an adulteress and the pity of a thief belong to the same company. For a trifle, such a one inherits a share of suffering and plants a thorn upon the road. Feeding milk to a serpent only wastes the milk and turns the nectar into poison. Says Tuka, without punishing such people, the spread of wrongdoing cannot be stopped.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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