Tukaram, Poem 855

How man’s wisdom bids him worship his body, procuring wanton pleasure and sweet food. He calls it piety to tend his person; but what control has he over his body? It vanishes in a moment, before he is aware; he may swallow food, but he cannot control his body. Tamradhvaja sawed his body asunder, Sibi cut off his flesh; Suka and others retired to the forest. Tuka says, When Janaka ruled, he had one of his legs consumed by fire.