Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 336

He who casts his body away deceives time and creeps into a corner; such men cast rudely from them the rug they have long worn. They will not get another till the time comes; for the next chance is far out of sight. Tuka says, This is an impediment to service; it is a craving too hastily conceived.

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