Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तेथें बिबव्याचें काम । अधमासि तों अधम ॥1॥
रुसला गुलाम । धणी करीतो सलाम ।
तेथें चाकराचें काम । अधमासि तों अधम ॥ध्रु.॥
रुसली घरची दासी । धणी समजावी तियेसि ।
तेथें बटकीचें काम। अधमासि तों अधम ॥2॥
देव्हायावरि विंचू आला । देवपूजा नावडे त्याला ।
तेथें पैजारेचें काम । अधमासि तों अधम ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे जाती । जातीसाटीं खाती माती ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Where a shoe is the remedy, one worse than the lowest is at work. When a slave sulks, the master bows to him; there, a servant's work is needed. When the household maid is offended, the master must console her; there, a handmaid's work is needed. When a scorpion climbs onto the altar, the worship of God becomes impossible; there, a sandal is what is needed. Says Tuka, those who cling to caste end up eating dirt for its sake.
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