Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 225

We love this worthless world only while we
fail to see Him who pervades it. Narayana
is the father of the world, Narayana pervades
it; when we take Him for our standard, all else becomes false. We need lamps no more when the
sun arises; their light disappears in the lustre of
the day. Tuka says, The store of our past makes
the world cling to us; the undoubted secret of salvation is with Narayana.

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