Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
चावळलें काय न करी बडबड । न ह्मणे फिकें गोड भुकेलें तें ॥1॥
उमजल्याविण न धरी सांभाळ । असो खळखळ जनाची हे ॥ध्रु.॥
गरज्या न कळे आपुलिया चाडा । करावी ते पीडा कोणा काइऩ ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे भोग भोगितील भोगें । संचित तें जोगें आहे कोणा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A restless tongue babbles without ceasing; a starving person does not distinguish between stale and fresh. Without understanding, one cannot exercise restraint; let the clamor of the world be as it may. The needy one does not recognize his own wants; why should he inflict his pain on others? Says Tuka, people will reap what their accumulated karma has sown; let each one's past deeds answer for them.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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