राम
Abhanga 947Social Criticism

The Insignificance of Caste

English Translation · I.P. 947

THEY are my friends and comrades who remember the feet of Vitthoba; others I respect only for form’s sake, because they are God’s creatures. I am become a servant of Vishnu's worshippers; I will set my desire on the morsels they have left. Tuka says, Suoh honour as the servants of Vishnu pay me, I cannot hope to have from others.

Tr. J. Nelson Fraser & K.B. Marathe (1909)

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Social Criticism

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

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