Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
व्याल्याविण करी शोभनतांतडी । चार ते गधडी करीतसे ॥१॥
कासया पाल्हाळ आणिकांचे देखी । सांगतां नव्हे सुखी साखरेसि ॥ध्रु.॥
कुंथाच्या ढेकरें न देवेल पुष्टी । रूप दावी कष्टी मळिण वरी ॥२॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
She rushes to celebrate before the child is even born, making a spectacle like a fool. Why put on such a grand show for the sake of others when even sugar cannot be made sweet merely by talking about it? Belching on an empty stomach gives no nourishment; the strained face only reveals its own weariness.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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