Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
गयाळाचें काम हिताचा आवारा । लाज फजितखोरा असत नाहीं ॥1॥
चित्ता न मिळे तें डोळां सलों येतें । असावें परतें जवळूनि ॥ध्रु.॥
न करावा संग न बोलावी मात । सावधान चित्त नाहीं त्यासी ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे दुःख देतील माकडें । घालिती सांकडें उफराटें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The work of a lazy person undermines what is beneficial. The shameless one has no sense of embarrassment. What does not agree with the heart is painful to the eyes; one should keep a distance from such people. Do not keep their company, do not engage in conversation with them; they have no alertness of mind. Says Tuka, monkeys will only bring you grief, creating obstacles at every turn.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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