Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
वरतें करोनियां तोंड । हाका मारितो प्रचंड ॥1॥
राग आळवितो नाना । गातो काय तें कळेना ॥ध्रु.॥
आशा धरोनि मनीं । कांहीं देइऩल ह्मणऊनि ॥2॥
पोटा एका साटीं । तुका ह्मणे जाले कष्टी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He turns his face upward and bellows mightily. He modulates various melodies and sings, but what he sings no one can tell. He sings holding hope in his heart that someone will perhaps give him something. Says Tuka, all that labor for the sake of one belly.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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