Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1036

If a man has renounced his family, whilst he has not put away passion, his devotion is worthless, he goes to hell without fail. Though he bestow labour on forms of words, if he thinks evil of the saints, Tuka says, his foot returns backwards to that evil spot.

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