Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
वंचुनियां पिंड । भाता दान करी लंड ॥1॥
जैसी याची चाली वरी । तैसा अंतरला दुरी ॥ध्रु.॥
मेला राखे दिस । ज्यालेपणें जालें वोस ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे देवा । लोभें न पुरे चि सेवा॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who starves his own body yet boasts of giving charity is shameless. As he struts on the surface, so deep is the distance he has created from God. He observes death rites yet, in his living, has turned life desolate. Says Tuka, O God, greed ensures that true service can never be fulfilled.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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