Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
मातेचीं जो थानें फाडी । तया जोडी कोण ते ॥1॥
वेदां निंदी तो चांडाळ । भ्रष्ट सुतकिया खळ ॥ध्रु.॥
अगी लावी घरा । मग वसती कोठें थारा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे वर्म । येरा नाचवितो भ्रम ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He who tears at his own mother's breasts: who can make him whole? He who slanders the Vedas is a wretch, a polluted and wicked soul. One who sets fire to his own house: where will he then find shelter? Says Tuka, the secret is this: it is delusion that makes all others dance.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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