Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 565

The fire cannot burn the string that bears the charmed amulet; everything else is its prey: why need I prove the fact? When a woman has a lord, her beauty is for no other to enjoy. Tuka says, Where there is a fault, the magic touchstone will not let it conceal itself.

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