Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 308

Thou knowest our hearts, though we tell Thee nothing. Thou dost pervade the world; there is no need to tell Thee aught. But these desires of mine I cannot govern though I would; meanwhile they leave me no energy to subdue them. What do I lack since I was brought into the world? From the hour wherein I was conceived I was strengthened by you.
Tuka says, I have governed my desires, and turned them from every object but Narayana.

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