Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 978

Good men have attained liberation in the flesh;
abandon the company of the wicked. If
poison like a mustard seed enter a mass of food,
it will turn it all to poison. Tuka says, Do heedfully
such deeds as will bring your own gain.

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