Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 भिH ज्याची थोडी । पूर्ण विषयांची गोडी ॥1॥
 तो नर चि नव्हे पाहीं । खर जाणावा तो देहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
 भजन पूजन ही नेणे । काय स्वरूपासी जाणे ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे त्याला । भोवंडून बाहेर घाला ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
One whose devotion is meager and whose relish for sensory pleasures is full is no true human being. Know him to be a donkey in a human body. He knows neither worship nor prayer; how then can he know the Self? Says Tuka, spin him around and throw him out.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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