Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
खद्योतें फुलविलें रविपुढें ढुंग । साक्षी तंव जग उभयतां ॥1॥
आपल्या आपण नाहीं शोभों येत । चार करी स्फीत दाखवूनि ॥ध्रु.॥
खाणार ताकाचें आसातें माजीरें । आपणें चि अधीर कळों येतें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जळो मैंदाची मवाळी । दावूनियां नळी कापी सुखें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The firefly puffs itself up before the sun, but the whole world witnesses both. One who is not worthy of shining on his own tries to impress by showing off to four people. A buttermilk drinker pretends to eat from a churning pot, but his own impatience gives him away. Says Tuka, cursed be the smooth ways of the deceiver, who shows his pipe and cuts at ease.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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