Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
उचित न कळे इंिद्रयाचे ओढी । मुखें बडबडी शिकलें तें ॥1॥
आपण जाऊन न्यावीं नरकास । बळें बेताळीस कुळें जग ॥ध्रु.॥
अबोलणें बोले डोळे झांकुनियां । बडबडी वांयां दंभासाटीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे आह्मी तेथील पारखी । नाचे देखोवेखीं जाणों खरें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He does not know what is proper, pulled by the senses. His mouth merely repeats what it has been taught. He drags himself to hell and takes forty-two generations of relatives and all the world with him by force. He speaks with closed eyes and babbles in vain, all for the sake of show. Says Tuka, I am the appraiser of that realm. I know the genuine from the imitation, no matter how well it dances.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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