Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 311

The mother understands the child’s secret, his joys, his griefs and all his actions. He who lends a support to a blind man, he understands his purposes. He who has set a suppliant behind him, he knows how to protect him. If one holds the girdle of a man in the water, he takes him over the stream without fatigue. Tuka says, If a man has entrusted his life to Vitthala, he knows his condition.

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