Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
मेला तरी जावो सुखें नरकासी । कळंकी याविशीं शिवों नये ॥1॥
रजस्वला करी वेलासी आघात । अंतरें तों हित दुरी बरें ॥ध्रु.॥
उगी च कां आलीं नासवावीं फळें । विटाळ विटाळें कालवूनि ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे लोणी घालोनि शेणांत । उपेगाची मात काय असे ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Let the stained one go to hell, if that is his lot; the tainted should not be touched. A woman in her impure days harms even the sacred vine; it is better to keep a safe distance. Why ruin perfectly good fruit by contaminating it with defilement? Says Tuka, putting butter into dung serves no useful purpose at all.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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