You should make no effort to serve the world, for it leads to disobedience to God. He is the controller of the body; of His own motion he will take care of it, so that time cannot assail you. The mother serves her child in obedience to his will; but she does not lose her dignity by this offence. Tuka says, Abandon all assumption; it is a dysentery that distresses the body.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 620
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents