Tukaram, Poem 539

Heed no words of your Guru that sever you from Narayana. Bali pierced an eye of Sukra and made him blind, because he came in his way. If God exerts himself, what may not come to pass?—then why do you struggle in vain, man by man? The wives of the sages broke their husbands’ orders and took them food; God performed all those women needed; He fulfilled for them religious rites and saved them from shame. God Has set fathers against sons; he caused Prahlada to smite the demon. Many a difficulty his father put in his way, but he never ceased to profess God’s name. The wives of the cowherds became immoral and unchaste and committed adultery with God; but what He gave them he gave to none other, for he became entirely one with them. Unholy deeds we should commit, if they bring the possession of God; proper actions we should give up, if they sever us from Him. Tuka says, He is full of compassion, therefore he saved Ajamela.