Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 947

Shame on a Brahmana who is void of devotion!
Blessed is the Vaishnava who is a chambar;
his lineage is pure on both sides. So the Puranas
have decreed; this is no private opinion of my own.
Tuka says, Cursed be their self-conceit; may I
never behold a bad man of that kind!

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