If I desired to serve those around me, I have no strength for such a purpose. O Lord God, carry me to that spot which the saints have reached! Why should I compare myself to those who went before me? I cannot equal them. Tuka says, Fulfil my fond desires and longings.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 453
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents