Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
देवाचें चरित्र नाठवे सर्वथा । विनोदार्थ कथा गोड वाटे ॥1॥
हातावरि हात हासोनि आफळी । वाजवितां टाळी लाज वाटे ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे थुंका त्याच्या तोंडावरि । जातो यमपुरी भोगावया ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One who never remembers the deeds of God yet finds pleasure in gossip and idle tales, one who claps hands with laughter but feels ashamed to clap in kirtan. Says Tuka, spit upon the face of such a one. He is headed for the city of Yama to suffer.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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