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Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram

मराठी मूळ

अतिवाद लावी । एक बोट सोंग दावी ॥१॥

त्याचा बहुरूपी नट । नव्हे वैष्णव तो चाट ॥ध्रु.॥

प्रतिपादी वाळी । एक पुजी एका छळी ॥२॥

तुका म्हणे नाहीं । भूतदया ज्याचे ठायीं ॥३॥

Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)

English Translation

One puts on excessive airs and makes a show of pointing a finger. He is a costumed actor, not a true Vaishnava but a sycophant but a fraud. He supports one person, worships another, and torments someone else. Says Tuka, wherever compassion for all beings is absent, there is no true devotion.

We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.

समाज टीका

Social Criticism

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

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