In faithful devotion is a mine of jewels; a deposit made by Brahma. A band of children follows their mother as a rope is drawn by a single thread. Whencesoever a king demands aught, it is brought before him; no man answers him nay. By the authority that service gives we can make our master our servant; you need spend nothing of your own. There lies ever a middle point between beginning and end, and there it looks well to have a high seat for a prince. Tuka has been suddenly exalted by faith, he is altogether become God in the world.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 758
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents