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Abhanga 4460

Tukārām's teaching-others-fervor-but-keeping-inner-secret — Kāla-will-break-your-head — chameleon-show-outside-but-real-distant — why-keep-leftover-scraps anti-hypocrisy

The verse

शिकवणेसाटीं वाटते तळमळ । पुढें येईंल काळा फोडों डोईं ॥१॥ तेव्हां त्यासि काय देशील उत्तर । मेळउनि अंतर ठेवितोसि ॥ध्रु.॥ येथींचिया सोंगें भोरपियाचे परि । होईंल तें दुरि शृंगारिलें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कां रे राखिलें खरकटें । रागेल्याचे तंट रागेलें का ॥३॥

Literal translation

For-teaching-feel-taḷamaḷa — ahead-Kāla-comes-breaks-head. What-uttara-to-give — keeping-inner-hidden. Here-sōmga-bhōrapī — that-which-is-distant-dressed-up. Tukā: why-keep-kharakaṭa — quarrel-by-being-angry.

What it means

A 3-verse anti-hypocrisy text. For mere teaching, you feel fervor — ahead Time will come and break your head. Then what answer will you give him — keeping your inner real-state hidden away? Your show here is like the chameleon (mask-changing actor) — that which is distant is merely dressed-up. Tukā says: why have you kept the leftover-scraps — does the angry-one's quarrel last by being-angry back? The diagnosis: you're a teacher-to-others but inner-state hidden — like a bhōrapī (chameleon / mask-changing-folk-actor) who-dresses-up-something-distant-from-himself. When Kāla comes to break your head, your-display will not save-you. Pair with 2962 (anti-fake-guru), 3074 (anti-monetized-kīrtana).

For someone today

Tukārām: teaching-others-with-fervor-while-hiding-your-inner-state = chameleon-dressed-up-show — when-Time-comes-to-break-your-head-what-answer-will-you-give?

Where this applies

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