Tukaram, Poem 1053

To say “We are God’s” and to show no respect to God, this seems to me a strange thing. Yet why say this to other men, who bear the burden of the world on their heads? To give up the world, and yet to seek its honour and treasure, this would be unfair to the world. Tuka says, This is seeking indolence for a friend; see how such men rush to ruin!