Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 719

The cow runs after her calf; thus she makes her affection visible. Affection induced by schooling will be barren, though your training may deceive strangers. When the calf is weaned, the cow will not suckle it, though you put it to her udder; she drives it away with a kick. Tuka says, Affection needs no pressure; my own experience has taught me this.

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