ऐका कुविद्येचीं लक्षणें । अति हीनें कुलक्षणें । त्यागार्थ बोलिलीं ते श्रवणें । त्याग घडे ॥ १ ॥

Now hear the characteristics of a corrupt, ill-formed nature - utterly base traits. They are described here so that, by hearing them, one may learn to give them up.

ऐका कुविद्येचा प्राणी । जन्मा ये‍ऊन केली हानी । सांगिजेल येहीं लक्षणीं । वोळखावा ॥ २ ॥

A person of corrupt nature, though born a human being, only squanders that birth. He can be recognized by the traits described below.

कुविद्येचा प्राणी असे । तो कठिण निरूपणें त्रासे । अवगुणाची समृद्धि असे । म्हणौनियां ॥ ३ ॥

Such a person of corrupt nature grows irritated at any serious spiritual teaching, because he is so richly endowed with faults.

काम क्रोध मद मत्सर । लोभ दंभ तिरस्कार । गर्व ताठा अहंकार । द्वेष विषाद विकल्पी ॥ ४ ॥

He is filled with lust, anger, arrogance, envy, greed, hypocrisy, contempt, pride, haughtiness, egotism, hatred, despondency, and constant doubt.

आशा ममता तृष्णा कल्पना । चिंता अहंता कामना भावना । असूय अविज्ञा ईषणा वासना । अतृप्ती लोलंगता ॥ ५ ॥

His mind is also full of endless craving, attachment, greed, idle fancies, anxiety, self-importance, desire, envy, ignorance, insatiable want, and greedy dissatisfaction.

इछ्या वांछ्या चिकिछ्या निंदा । आनित्य ग्रामणी मस्ती सदा । जाणीव अवज्ञा विपत्ती आपदा । दुर्वृत्ती दुर्वासना ॥ ६ ॥

He is consumed by endless wants, suspicion of others, a habit of slandering, instability, gossip-mongering, constant arrogance, a false show of cleverness, disrespect toward others, and depraved conduct and desires - all of which bring misfortune and calamity upon him.

स्पर्धा खटपट आणि चटचट । तर्हे झटपट आणी वटवट । सदा खटपट आणी लटपट । परम वेथा कुविद्या ॥ ७ ॥

Rivalry, scheming, impatience, endless tricks, needless commotion, constant chatter, and perpetual crooked dealings - this corrupt nature is itself a grave sickness.

कुरूप आणी कुलक्षण । अशक्त आणी दुर्जन । दरिद्री आणी कृपण । आतिशयेंसीं ॥ ८ ॥

He is extremely ugly, ill-featured, weak, wicked, poor, and excessively miserly.

आळसी आणी खादाड । दुर्बळ आणी लाताड । तुटक आणी लाबाड । आतिशयेंसीं ॥ ९ ॥

He is extremely lazy, gluttonous, feeble, insolent and abusive, inconsistent in his ways, and given to boasting.

मूर्ख आणी तपीळ । वेडें आणी वाचाळ । लटिकें आणी तोंडाळ । आतिशयेंसीं ॥ १० ॥

He is utterly foolish, hot-tempered, half-witted, loud-mouthed, given to lying, and quarrelsome of tongue.

नेणे आणी नायके । न ये आणी न सीके । न करी आणी न देखे । अभ्यास दृष्टी ॥ ११ ॥

He knows nothing and listens to no one; he can do nothing yet refuses to learn; he does nothing, and never even looks at anything with a mind to study it.

अज्ञान आणी अविस्वासी । छळवादी आणी दोषी । अभक्त आणी भक्तांसी । देखों सकेना ॥ १२ ॥

He is ignorant, untrustworthy, given to tormenting others, and full of faults; he himself has no devotion, and cannot even bear the sight of true devotees.

पापी आणी निंदक । कष्टी आणी घातक । दुःखी आणी हिंसक । आतिशयेंसीं ॥ १३ ॥

He is sinful, slanderous, troublesome and harmful to others, wretched, and extremely violent.

हीन आणी कृत्रिमी । रोगी आणी कुकर्मी । आचंगुल आणी अधर्मी । वासना रमे ॥ १४ ॥

He is base, artificial and pretentious, sickly, wicked in his deeds, erratic, and unrighteous; his mind delights only in base desires.

हीन देह आणी ताठा । अप्रमाण आणी फांटा । बाष्कळ आणी करंटा । विवेक सांगे ॥ १५ ॥

Despite being a lowly, unimpressive person, he puts on airs; he is unreliable and divisive, given to empty talk, and altogether ill-starred - so discernment shows.

लंडी आणी उन्मत्त । निकामी आणी डुल्लत । भ्याड आणी बोलत । पराक्रमु ॥ १६ ॥

He is cowardly yet arrogant, useless and given to lazing about half-asleep, and though timid, he boasts loudly of great feats of valor.

कनिष्ठ आणी गर्विष्ठ । नुपरतें आणी नष्ट । द्वेषी आणी भ्रष्ट । आतिशयेंसीं ॥ १७ ॥

Though of low standing he is proud, he never mends his ways no matter what he is told, and he is extremely spiteful and corrupt.

अभिमानी आणी निसंगळ । वोडगस्त आणी खळ । दंभिक आणी अनर्गळ । आतिशयेंसीं ॥ १८ ॥

He is conceited yet keeps no real fellowship, is stubborn and malicious, hypocritical, and speaks without any restraint.

वोखटे आणी विकारी । खोटे आणी अनोपकारी । अवलक्ष्ण आणी धिःकारी । प्राणिमात्रांसी ॥ १९ ॥

He is wicked and given to base impulses, dishonest and unhelpful, ill-natured, and contemptuous of every living being.

अल्पमती आणी वादक । दीनरूप आणि भेदक । सूक्ष्म आणी त्रासक । कुशब्दें करूनि ॥ २० ॥

He is dim-witted yet argumentative, appears meek but sows discord, and torments others with petty, cutting words.

कठिणवचनी कर्कशवचनी । कापट्यवचनी संदेहवचनी । दुःखवचनी तीव्रवचनी । क्रूर निष्ठुर दुरात्मा ॥ २१ ॥

His speech is harsh, grating, deceitful, suspicion-raising, hurtful, and biting; he is cruel, merciless, and evil at heart.

न्यूनवचनी पैशून्यवचनी । अशुभवचनी अनित्यवचनी । द्वेषवचनी अनृत्यवचनी । बाष्कळवचनी धिःकारु ॥ २२ ॥

His words belittle others, carry tale-bearing, ill omen, inconsistency, hatred, falsehood, and empty nonsense - and he is forever scorning everyone.

कओअटी कुटीळ गाठ्याळ । कुर्टें कुचर नट्याळ । कोपी कुधन टवाळ । आतिशयेंसीं ॥ २३ ॥

He is scheming, crooked, tortuous in his dealings, negligent, theatrical, hot-tempered, given to ill-gotten wealth, and mocking of others.

तपीळ तामस अविचार । पापी अनर्थी अपस्मार । भूत समंधी संचार । आंगीं वसे ॥ २४ ॥

He is short-tempered, dominated by dark inertia, thoughtless, sinful, disaster-prone, and even afflicted with epileptic fits - as if possessed by some evil spirit.

आत्महत्यारा स्त्रीहत्यारा । गोहत्यारा ब्रह्महत्यारा । मातृहत्यारा पितृहत्यारा । माहापापी पतित ॥ २५ ॥

He is capable of the gravest sins - suicide, killing a woman, killing a cow, killing a learned brahmin, even killing his own mother or father; he is a great sinner, utterly fallen.

उणें कुपात्र कुतर्की । मित्रद्रोही विस्वासघातकी । कृतघ्न तल्पकी नारकी । अतित्याई जल्पक ॥ २६ ॥

He is inadequate, unworthy, a maker of twisted arguments, a betrayer of friends, treacherous, ungrateful, guilty of the gravest impropriety, fit for hell, falsely posing as selfless, and endlessly talkative.

किंत भांडण झगडा कळहो । अधर्म अनराहाटी शोकसंग्रहो । चाहाड वेसनी विग्रहो । निग्रहकर्ता ॥ २७ ॥

In him dwell constant suspicion, brawling, strife and discord, unrighteousness, disorderliness, an accumulation of sorrows, tale-bearing, addictions, enmity, and a tendency to oppress others.

द्वाड आपेसी वोंगळ । चाळक चुंबक लच्याळ । स्वार्थी अभिळासी वोढाळ । आद्दत्त झोड आदखणा ॥ २८ ॥

He is difficult and ill-fated, filthy in habit, fickle, deceptively charming yet fawning, selfish, greedy, unrestrained, given to seizing what belongs to others, and petty.

शठ शुंभ कातरु । लंड तर्मुंड सिंतरु । बंड पाषांड तश्करु । अपहारकर्ता ॥ २९ ॥

He is cunning yet foolish, cowardly, treacherous, a swindler, rebellious, a heretic, and a thief who plunders what belongs to others.

धीट सैराट मोकाट । चाट चावट वाजट । थोट उद्धट लंपट । बटवाल कुबुद्धी ॥ ३० ॥

He is shamelessly bold, unrestrained, running wild, indulgent, lewd, loud-mouthed, incomplete in character, insolent, lustful - a scoundrel of evil intent.

मारेकरी वरपेकरी । दरवडेकरी खाणोरी । मैंद भोंदु परद्वारी । भुररेकरी चेटकी ॥ ३१ ॥

He is a murderer, a violator of women, a robber, one who tunnels to steal, a hypocrite and fraud, an adulterer, and a practitioner of black magic and deception.

निशंक निलाजिरा कळभंट । टौणपा लौंद धट उद्धट । ठस ठोंबस खट नट । जगभांड विकारी ॥ ३२ ॥

He is a shameless, quarrelsome troublemaker - obstinate, coarse, stubborn, insolent, thick-headed, deceitful and theatrical - the sort the whole world finds troublesome and depraved.

अधीर आळिका अनाचारी । अंध पंगु खोकलेंकरी । थोंटा बधिर दमेकरी । तर्ह्ही ताठा न संडी ॥ ३३ ॥

He is impatient, indolent, and given to bad conduct; even if he is blind, lame, wracked by coughing, incomplete, deaf, or asthmatic, he still will not let go of his arrogance.

विद्याहीन वैभवहीन । कुळहीन लक्ष्मीहीन । शक्तिहीन सामर्थ्यहीन । अदृष्टहीन भिकारी ॥ ३४ ॥

He is without learning, without prosperity, without good family, without wealth, without strength, without capability, and without any good fortune - a mere beggar.

बळहीन कळाहीन । मुद्राहीन दीक्षाहीन । लक्षणहीन लावण्यहीन । आंगहीन विपारा ॥ ३५ ॥

He is without strength, without any skill, without radiance, without spiritual initiation, without good qualities, without beauty, and deformed or unappealing in body.

युक्तिहीन बुद्धिहीन । आचारहीन विचारहीन । क्रियाहीन सत्वहीन । विवेकहीन संशई ॥ ३६ ॥

He is without cleverness, without intelligence, without good conduct, without reflection, without any real accomplishment, without sattvic virtue, without discernment, and full of doubt.

भक्तिहीन भावहीन । ज्ञानहीन वैराग्यहीन । शांतिहीन क्ष्माहीन । सर्वहीन क्षुल्लकु ॥ ३७ ॥

He is without devotion, without faith, without knowledge, without detachment, without inner peace, and without forgiveness - lacking every virtue, utterly petty.

समयो नेणे प्रसंग नेणे । प्रेत्न नेणे अभ्यास नेणे । आर्जव नेणे मैत्री नेणे । कांहींच नेणे अभागी ॥ ३८ ॥

He knows neither the right occasion nor the right circumstance, knows neither effort nor study, knows neither honest simplicity nor friendship - this luckless man knows nothing at all.

असो ऐसे नाना विकार । कुलक्षणाचें कोठार । ऐसा कुविद्येचा नर । श्रोतीं वोळखावा ॥ ३९ ॥

Such are the many corruptions found in him - he is a veritable storehouse of bad qualities. Let listeners learn to recognize this kind of corrupt person.

ऐसीं कुविद्येचीं लक्षणें । ऐकोनि त्यागची करणें । अभिमानीं तर्ह्हें भरणें । हें विहित नव्हें ॥ ४० ॥

Such, then, are the characteristics of corrupt nature. Having heard them, one should give them up entirely. It is not proper to remain caught up in such faults out of pride.