Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 678

A heap of victuals has come to the cooking
place; it would be madness to give up one’s
meal and go begging. The road is finished; it
would be folly for me to go backwards. Tuka says,
I shall be still and employ my power of speech.

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