Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
घेऊं नये तैसें दान । ज्याचें धन अभिळाषी ॥1॥
तो ही येथें कामा नये । नकाऩ जाय ह्मणोनि ॥ध्रु.॥
विकी स्नानसंध्या जप । करी तप पुढिलांचें ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे दांभिक तो । नकाऩ जातो स्वइच्छा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Do not accept improper gifts from one who covets your wealth. Such a person is of no use here either; he goes to hell because of it. He sells his prayers, his rituals, and his austerities, performing them for others' benefit alone. Says Tuka, that hypocrite goes to hell of his own free will.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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