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The giver is the consort of Lakshmi; how small is the boon I ask! He knows the thirst of the thirsty; but you cannot lessen the Ganges by drinking it. If it is the wishing-tree that is the giver, what will it cost it to satisfy one hungry man?
Source Tukaram, Poem 3320 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Tukaram, the poet-saint of Maharashtra, God — "the consort of Lakshmi", that is Vishnu, source of all abundance — knows everyone's thirst; His generosity is like the Ganges, which no one can exhaust, or like the wishing-tree of Indian legend, which grants every wish. Today, dare to ask simply for what you need, then share in turn a little of what you have received.
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