Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 174

All our possessions belong to Krishna; not knowing this, the mind imagines otherwise; therefore evil spirits assault it; the five elements come besieging it. We conceal our possessions from their true owner, and bring punishment on ourselves. Tuka says, Time throttles us in its grasp, yet we go on crying “I,” “I.”

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents