Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1020

A greedy man loses judgment in his haste; he goes on talking nonsense. He shows the hue of his nature, just as poison brings on spasms. Men have gone mad through their passion for wealth, so that they cannot stop talking of it. Tuka says, Both vices end in experience of hell.

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