Tukaram, Poem 558

The devotee knows the devotee’s high estate; it is hard for others to attain to their station. Though they know the secrets of knowledge, they assume ignorance for the sake of that pleasure; they speak not, though they speak with their lips; to increase love and joy in the world they have kept themselves apart, though they are not apart, from God. They beat cymbals, they call upon his Name, they proclaim a season of abundant love, to save ignorant shepherds of the people. Tuka says, Well they know all this who have learned it by faith unalloyed.