Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
 आड पडे काडी । तरि ते बहुत पाणी खोडी ॥1॥
 दुर्जनाचे संगती । बहुतांचे घात होती ॥ध्रु.॥
 एक पडे मासी । तरी ते बहु अन्न नासी ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे रांड । ऐसी कां ते व्याली भांड॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A single stick placed crosswise blocks a great flow of water. In the company of the wicked, many are destroyed. A single fly falling into food spoils the entire meal. Says Tuka, why did that cursed woman bring forth such quarrelsome offspring?.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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