Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 417

What! shall we fill our stomachs now and
pretend to stir the world as devotees? If
such be your intention, declare it; for we have long
been wearied. Shall we continue the tradition of
poetry by stringing words together? What! says
Tuka, shall we open a shop, O Narayana, and go on
ruining men?

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