Tukaram, Poem 94

Now I shall attain perfect happiness. I have left every strange region, I see nothing but my mother’s house. Vitthala and Rakhumai are near me, my sister, brother, father and mother; he is the head of all my family. I need recognize no stranger. I have stretched out my authority throughout the world. I have shaken off subjection to others; all is my own now; I have dismissed shame and anxious care. I indulge my wishes to stay at home, in my mother’s house where I have my way. I do as he bids me; I am not afraid of making mistakes. I long endured to dwell with my mother-in-law; I was troubled by many desires; now I forget worldly interests. My father and mother caress me with fond affection; they answer me gently and bid me tell them my childish desires. Tuka will speak freely henceforth, in his stammering accents.