Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कन्या गो करी कथेचा विकरा । चांडाळ तो खरा तया नांवें ॥१॥
गुण अवगुण हे दोन्ही प्रमाण । यातिशीं कारण नाहीं देवा ॥२॥
आशाबद्ध नये करूं तें करिती । तुका म्हणे जाती नरकामधीं ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who sells sacred stories for profit, trading in daughters and cows, truly deserves to be called an outcaste. Virtue and vice are the only true measures; God cares nothing for caste. Says Tuka, those who are bound by greed and do what should never be done will fall into hell.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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