Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
देखोनि पुराणिकांची दाढी । रडे स्फुंदे नाक ओढी ॥१॥
प्रेम खरें दिसे जना । भिन्न अंतरीं भावना ॥ध्रु.॥
आवरितां नावरे । खुर आठवी नेवरे ॥२॥
बोलों नयें मुखावाटां । म्हणे होतां ब्यांचा तोटा ॥३॥
दोन्ही सिंगें चारी पाय । खुणा दावी म्हणे होय ॥४॥
मना आणितां बोकड । मेला त्याची चरफड ॥५॥
होता भाव पोटीं । मुखा आलासे शेवटीं ॥६॥
तुका म्हणे कुडें । कळों येतें तें रोकडें ॥७॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Seeing the preacher's beard, she weeps and sobs and wipes her nose. Her devotion seems genuine to onlookers, yet her inner feelings are entirely different. She cannot restrain herself, for her mind keeps recalling the goat's hooves. What she cannot speak aloud is this: she fears a shortage of goats for slaughter. Two horns, four legs, these are the signs she recognizes, nodding in agreement. When she remembers the goat, she dies of restless craving. What was hidden in the heart has finally come to the lips. Says Tuka, pretense is always exposed in the end.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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