Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 फटएाचे बडबडे चवी ना संवाद । आपुला चि वाद आपणासी ॥1॥
 कोणें या शब्दाचे मरावें घाणी । अंतरें शाहाणी राहिजे हो ॥ध्रु.॥
 तुका ह्मणे ज्यासी करावें वचन । त्याचे येती गुण अंगास ते ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A braggart's chatter has neither flavor nor substance. It is just his own argument with himself. Why should anyone suffer the stench of such words? Stay wise within and keep your distance. Says Tuka, the qualities of the one you choose to counsel will naturally come upon you.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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