Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
देखीचा दिमाख शिकोनियां दावी । हिया ऐसी केवीं गारगोटी ॥1॥
मर्यादा ते जाण अरे अभागिया । देवाच्या ऐसिया सकळ मूतिऩ ॥ध्रु.॥
काय पडिलेंसी लटिक्याचे भरी । वोंवाळुनि थोरी परती सांडीं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे पुढें दिसतसे घात । करितों फजित ह्मणउनी ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He copies the outward manner of another and displays it, but his heart is hard as a pebble. Know this, O unfortunate one: every form in God's creation deserves respect. Why have you fallen into the trap of falsehood? Set aside this pretense of greatness and turn back. Says Tuka, I see ruin ahead and therefore I expose you.
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Social Criticism
Rebuke of hypocrisy, caste pride, false teachers, greed, and religious pretence.
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