Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 689

You must cook your food so that it will not create disgust or cause pain; then it retains its sweetness; it is pure and true to its own nature. If any contaminating influence enters in, it will show its effects. Tuka says, That which is essentially pure will not change afterwards.

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