Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 584

Understand what your own form is; why do you despise the mirror of the self? The life of the flesh will not bring you near it; Narayana must be generous to you. Babhru did not expect, when he shot his arrows, that they would hit the vital parts of Arjuna. Tuka says, This tale has been handed down by many lips, but it would not have been started had it not been true.

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