Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 398

They have given him up: why should we
quarrel with him? Let him continue as he
is; if we make ourselves anxious, we gain nothing
but anxiety. If we speak to him, he grows weary;
he prefers to hold aloof from us. Tuka says, We
have something of our own to keep—patience!

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