Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 787

See that men are absorbed in worldly thoughts; they do not remember him. My mind retired, as it looked on the wilderness of difficulties. In this spot resounds the tumult of the sensuous organs; the spirit of selfish pride splits my head. Tuka says, O God, the efforts of desire have ruined men.

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