Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
देवें दिला देह भजना गोमटा । तों या जाला भांटा बाधिकेच्या ॥1॥
ताठोनियां मान राहिली वरती । अहंकारा हातीं लवों नल्हे ॥ध्रु.॥
दास ह्मणावया न वळे रसना । सइरवचना बासे गळा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कोठें ठेवावा विटाळ । स्नानें नीर्मळ व्हावयासी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
God gave this body for beautiful worship, but it has become a vessel for vice. The neck has stiffened with pride and will not bow to the grip of ego. The tongue will not call itself a servant but instead sings the praises of flattery. Says Tuka, where should this impurity be placed? One must bathe to become pure.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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