There in the past men erred through ignorance, I pardon them; now I make a rule for them! He who goes with a strange woman is no better than an incestuous wretch. Now that I have made this rule, let me see no more the man who cannot govern his mind. Tuka says, We must take our conscience for our guide; I have sworn that I will obey it.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 733
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents