Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 956

The mirage looks real, but it makes the foolish
After many a re-birth, you have secured at last
this gain; you have entered a human body,
so grasp the feet of Vitthala. You have wandered
long, and but here you have found a resting place.
Tuka says, The simple and wise know this.

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