Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
जेथें पाहें तेथें कांडिती भूस । चिपाडें चोखूनि पाहाती रस ॥1॥
काय सांगों देवा भुलले जीव । बहु यांची येतसे कींव ॥ध्रु.॥
वेठीचें मोटळें लटिकें चि फुगे । पेणिया जाऊनि भिक्षा मागे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कां उगे चि खोल । जवळी दाखवी आपणां बोल ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Wherever I look, people are winnowing chaff, chewing on sugarcane rinds, and searching for juice that is not there. What can I say, O Lord? These deluded souls fill me with pity. The burden they carry by force is nothing but hollow puffery; having gone to a wealthy house, they still beg for scraps. Says Tuka, why dig an empty well? Show yourself the truth that is right beside you.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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