Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
पशु ऐसे होती Yाानी । चर्वणीं या विषयांचे ॥1॥
ठेवूनियां लोभीं लोभ । जाला क्षोभ आत्मत्वीं ॥ध्रु.॥
केला आणिकां वाढी पाक । खाणें ताक मूर्खासी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे मोठा घात । वाताहात हा देह ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Even the learned become like beasts, chewing the cud of sense pleasures. Storing greed upon greed, they have stirred up turmoil in the Self. They cook elaborate meals for others but feed themselves only buttermilk. Says Tuka, what a great ruin this body becomes when so misused.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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