Vemana's language is earthy and direct. He exposes hypocrisy not with metaphysics, but with lived clarity. --- Vemana Poem (Telugu) ఎలుకచర్మంబు ఎత్తి ఎన్నాళ్ళు ఉతికిన కలుషము పోవునా? మనసు శుద్ధి లేక మదిని పూజలేల విశ్వదాభిరామ వినుర వేమా Transliteration Eluka-carmambu etti ennāḷḷu utikina Kaluṣamu pōvunā? Manasu śuddhi lēka madini pūjalēla Viśwadābhirāma vinura Vemā Meaning Even if you wash a rat's skin for years, will its impurity disappear? Without purity of mind, what is the use of worship? Commentary Vemana's metaphor is brutal: Outer washing cannot change inner nature. Ritual without inner transformation is like: • washing impurity endlessly • performing holiness without becoming holy The real ritual is mental purification.