Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
तटाचे जातीला नाहीं भीड भार । लाता मारी थोर लाहान नेणे ॥1॥
परी तो त्या विशेष मानुष होऊन । करी खंड मान वडिलांचा ॥ध्रु.॥
बेरसा गाढव माया ना बहीण । भुंके चवीविण भलतें चि ॥2॥
तुकयाबंधु ह्मणे बोकड मातलें । न विचारी आपुले तोंडीं मुते ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A man of a rude and aggressive nature knows no restraint; he kicks at the great and the small alike. Such a person forfeits his humanity and dishonors his elders. A tasteless donkey knows neither mother nor sister and brays without meaning. Says Tukya-bandhu, a goat drunk on its own mating season does not consider that it urinates upon its own mouth.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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