Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
न कळे ब्रह्मYाान आचार विचार । लटिका वेव्हार करीतसे ॥1॥
विश्वामित्री पोटीं तयाचा अवतार । नांव महाखर चांडाळाचें ॥ध्रु.॥
द्रव्यइच्छेसाटीं करीतसे कथा । काय त्या पापिष्ठा न मिळे खाया ॥2॥
पोट पोसावया तोंडें बडबडी । नाहीं धडफुडी एक गोष्टी ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे तया काय व्याली रांड । येउनिया भंड जनामध्यें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He does not know the knowledge of Brahman, nor right conduct, nor discernment. He carries on in false dealings. Such a one, born from a corrupt lineage, bears the name of an outcast. He performs religious discourses out of greed for money. What would such a sinner not eat? He babbles with his mouth only to fill his belly, without a single word of substance. Says Tuka, what kind of mother bore such a one, who comes and makes a spectacle of himself among the people?
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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