Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 843

Let me not pray for children or for wealth for any one. By sharing in these things I should fall into misery, for this is the end of both.
Let not my ears covet praise or blame, arising from any heed to such things.
Tuka says, They prevent us from finding God; we are snared in the net of desire and illusion.

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