Who will support me in my reflections? Who will fortify my mind? I am neither learned nor skilled in debate, nor pure of lineage. In this evil age there are many clever folk, who will torment me when I sing Thy praises. I am beset by a doubt whether I shall worship Thee, or not, O God! Tuka says, Now to live apart from mankind or to die, both of these resolves are good.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 359
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents