Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
भजन या नासिलें हेडि । दंभा लंडा आवडी ॥1॥
जेवीत ना आइता पाक । नासी ताक घुसळूनि ॥ध्रु.॥
एकाएकीं इच्छी पाठ । नेणे चाट कां जेवूं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मुलाम्याचें । बंधन साचें सेवटीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Devotion has been ruined by contempt and neglect, while love of hypocrisy flourishes. One refuses to eat the meal that is ready and spoils the buttermilk by churning it to nothing. One craves rewards without effort and does not know why one should even partake. Says Tuka, the bond of pretense will tighten in the end.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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