Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
चातुर्याच्या अनंतकळा । सत्या विरळा जाणत ॥1॥
हांसत्यासवें हांसे जन । रडतां भिन्न पालटे ॥ध्रु.॥
जळो ऐसे वांजट बोल । गुणां मोल भूस मिथ्या ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे अंधऑयाऐसें । वोंगळ पिसें कौतुक ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Cleverness has endless tricks, but rare is the one who knows truth. The world laughs with those who laugh and turns away from those who weep. Let such hollow words burn; they assign false value to qualities and dismiss what is real. Says Tuka, it is like the delight of the blind, a filthy madness parading as wonder.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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