Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
उपदेश किती करावा खळासी । नावडे तयासी बरें कांहीं ॥1॥
शुद्ध कां वासना नव्हे चांडाळाची । होळी संचिताची केली तेणें ॥ध्रु.॥
नाहीं भाव मनीं नाइके वचन । आपला आपण उणें घेतों ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे त्यासी काय व्याली रांड । करी बडबड रिती दिसे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
How much should one try to counsel the wicked? Nothing good appeals to them. The impure mind of such a person will not become clean, for he has made a bonfire of his own destiny. There is no devotion in his mind, and he will not heed good counsel. He only brings ruin upon himself. Says Tuka, what kind of mother bore such a one? He babbles endlessly yet remains empty.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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