Those who acquire incomes, land, power and wealth, know that God is absent from their thoughts. A quarrelsome man carries a burden about with him, he never gains the essential truth; he may purpose to worship God, but it is one stone worshipping another for the sake of gain. Tuka says, They honour God for reward; their crafty thoughts are like the love of a harlot.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1025
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents