Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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मराठी मूळ
शिष्या सांगे उपदेश । गुरुपूजा हे विशेष ॥1॥
दावी आचार सोवळे । दंड कमंडलु माळे ॥ध्रु.॥
छाटी भगवी मानसीं ।व्यर्थ ह्मणवी संन्यासी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे लोभ । न सुटे नाहीं लाभ ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He gives his disciples teachings and demands elaborate worship of the guru. He displays his ritual purity, his staff, water-pot, and prayer beads. He wears the saffron robes and pretends to be a renunciant, but it is all empty show. Says Tuka, as long as greed does not leave, there is no true gain.
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समाज टीका
Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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