Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 जातीचा ब्राह्मण । न करितां संध्यास्नान ॥1॥
 सांडुनियां शािळग्राम । नित्य वेश्येचा समागम ॥2॥
 नेघे संतांचें जो तीर्थ । अखंड वेश्येचा जो आर्थ ॥3॥
 तुका ह्मणे ऐसे पापी । पाहूं नका पुनरपि ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A Brahmin by birth who does not perform his daily prayers and ablutions, who abandons the sacred Shaligrama stone and constantly frequents the courtesan, who will not take the sacred water of the saints but forever pursues the company of the faithless. Says Tuka, do not look upon such wrongdoers ever again.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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