Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 लावूनियां मुद्रा बांधोनियां कंठीं । हिंडे पोटासाटीं देशोदेशीं ॥1॥
 नेसोनि कोपीन शुभ्रवर्ण जाण । पहाती पक्वान्न क्षेत्रींचें तें ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे ऐसे मावेचे मइंद । त्यापाशीं गोविंद नाहीं नाहीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Wearing religious stamps and tying sacred beads around the neck, they wander from land to land to fill their bellies. Donning a white loincloth, they look around for fine food at the holy places. Says Tuka, such ones are frauds in disguise. Govinda is nowhere near them.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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