Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
ज्यासी विषयाचें ध्यान । त्यासी कैंचा नारायण॥1॥
साधु कैंचा पापीयासी । काय चांडाळासी काशी ॥ध्रु.॥
काय पतितासी पिता । काय अधमासी गीता ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे निरंजनी। शट कैंचा ब्रह्मYाानी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One whose mind is fixed on sense-pleasures cannot find Narayana. How can a sinner find a saint? What does a wretch gain by going to Kashi? What good is a father to the fallen? What use is the Gita to the wicked? Says Tuka, a fraud can never become a knower of Brahman.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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