Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 712

The Puranas declare that God is the debtor of His worshippers, this is a solid assurance; show then that it is true. What more do I know? I have heard a story that Kabir going to the market gave away his cloth; when he got home people brought money to his house, he could not take it because he had given the cloth away. God sent beggars to the house of Namadeva; as he had no food, he bade them plunder his granary. What historical proof of this can I bring? God paid the debts due to Venkoba. He ground his seed-grain and satisfied the beggars; Narayana had to sow his field. Tuka says, The man who can form no resolution, he is truly wretched.

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