Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 790

In this mortal world there is nothing delights us but Hari’s name alone. Our mind revolts from worldly life. Our spirits are sick of it. We count gold as earth, diamonds as pebbles. Tuka says, Women will appear as bears in our eyes.

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