Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 231

You cannot make cakes without pounding wheat; if you are idle, you will spoil them. Do not be angry if I tell you the secret! The thread-bound pole dances when the conjuror beats the ground with his rod. Tuka says, The secret is in the rod; it puts its skill in everything.

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