Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
परद्रव्य परनारी । अभिळासूनि नाक धरी ॥1॥
जळो तयाचा आचार । व्यर्थ भार वाहे खर ॥ध्रु.॥
सोहोऑयाची िस्थती । क्रोधें विटाळला चित्तीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे सोंग । दावी बाहेरील रंग ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who covets another's wealth and another's wife, yet makes a show of piety by holding his nose in pious disdain: let such conduct burn. Like a donkey carrying a useless load, his observances are vain. He sits in pretended composure, yet is polluted within by anger. Says Tuka, he merely puts on an outward display of color.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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