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गाथा 4450Social Criticism

Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

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तुळसीवृंदावनीं उपजला कांदा । नावडे गोविंदा कांहीं केल्या ॥1॥

तैसे वंशामध्यें जाले जे मानव । जाणावे दानव अभH ते ॥ध्रु.॥

केवडएामधील निगपध कणसें । तैशीं तीं माणसें भिHहीन ॥2॥

तुका ह्मणे जेवीं वंदनांतिल आळी । न चढे निढळीं देवाचिया ॥3॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

If an onion sprouts in a tulsi garden, Govinda will never accept it, no matter what you do. Just so, those who are born into a good lineage but lack devotion should be known as demons. Like worthless husks growing amid fine grain, such are the people devoid of devotion. Says Tuka, just as a worm from a sandalwood tree cannot be placed upon the brow of the deity.

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समाज टीका

Social Criticism

Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.

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