Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 206

Without a worshipper, how can God assume a form or accept service? The one makes the other beautiful, as a gold setting shows off a jewel. Who but God can make the worshipper free from desires? Tuka says, They feel to each other like mother and child.

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