Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
राजा प्रजा द्वाड देश । शाक्त वास करिती तो ॥1॥
अधर्माचें उबड पीक । धर्म रंक त्या गांवीं ॥ध्रु.॥
न पिके भूमि कांपे भारें । मेघ वारें पीतील ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे अवघीं दुःखें । येती सुखें वस्तीसी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Where the king, the people, and the land are corrupt, that is where the Shakta cult makes its home. Unrighteousness grows there like a wild, uncontrolled crop, while true dharma is reduced to poverty. The earth cannot bear the weight and trembles; even the clouds and winds conspire to afflict. Says Tuka, all sorrows come to take up residence where such practices dwell.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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