Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 401

I am humbler than the humblest of men, and
you are proud of me. I have come to seek
your protection, you must give me your true bless-
ing. O sea of mercy, O Lord of the humble, see
that you protect your own name! Tuka says, It
were not well now if you should cast me off.

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