Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
बाईल सवासिण आई । आपण पितरांचे ठायीं ॥१॥
थोर वेच जाला नष्टा । अवघ्या अपसव्य चेष्टा ॥ध्रु.॥
विषयांचे चरवणीं । केली आयुष्याची गाळणी ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे लंडा । नाहीं दया देव धोंडा ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
His wife becomes a widow, his mother joins the ancestors, while he himself heads straight for hell. What a great expenditure this wretch has made; all his deeds have been perverse. He has strained the whole of his lifespan through the sieve of sensual pleasures. Says Tuka, such a heartless one has no compassion; to him God is just a stone.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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