Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कवेश्वरांचा तो आह्मांसी विटाळ । प्रसाद वोंगळ चिवडिती ॥1॥
दंभाचे आवडी बहिराट अंधळे । सेवटासि काळें होइल तोंड ॥ध्रु.॥
सोन्यासेजारी तों लाखेची जतन । सतंत ते गुण जैसेतैसे ॥2॥
सेव्य सेववता न पडतां ठावी । तुका ह्मणे गोवी पावती हीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
We are disgusted by the so-called master poets. They chew over God's grace and spit it out as refuse. Blind and outward-looking in their love of pretense, their faces will blacken in the end. So long as gold is nearby, one must guard the lacquer carefully; the qualities of each remain what they are. Says Tuka, when the served and the server do not recognize each other, both fall into confusion.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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