Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 840

The mind is captured by the tempting world, it goes running after it. He who can rescue it is a hero, the one stout warrior in the world.
It surprises or bears us down; I fear for your fate.
Tuka says, This enemy has ruined many a wise man.

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