Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
सोइयासी करी पाहुणेर बरा । कांडितो ठोंबरा संता साटीं ॥1॥
गाइऩसी देखोनी बदबदा मारी । घोडएाची चाकरी गोड वाटे ॥ध्रु.॥
पान फुल नेतो वेश्येसी उदंड । ब्राह्मणासी खांड देऊं नेदी ॥2॥
पर्वकाळीं धर्म न करी नासरी । वेची राजद्वारीं उदंड चि॥3॥
कीर्त्तना जावया होतसे हींपुष्टी । खेळतो सोंकटीं रात्रंदिवस॥4॥
बाइलेच्या गोता आवडीनें पोसी । मातापितियासाी दवडितो ॥5॥
तुका ह्मणे त्याच्या थुंका तोंडावरी । जातो यमपुरी भोगावया ॥6॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He feasts his friends lavishly but pounds bitter herbs for the saints. He scolds and beats the cow on sight but delights in grooming horses. He brings garlands and flowers in abundance to the courtesan but will not give a bit of sugar to a Brahmin. He makes no charitable gifts on holy days but spends freely at the royal court. He is too lazy to attend kirtan but gambles day and night. He lovingly supports his wife's relatives but drives away his own mother and father. Says Tuka, spit upon his face. He is headed for the realm of Yama.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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