Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 621

What does a child know whether his father is rich or poor? He knows not at any time whether a thing is in his father’s power or not. When he sees something, he embraces his father and asks for it. Tuka says, A man’s inner nature is intelligible to him alone.

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