He who observes not the eleventh day, know him for a living corpse. Death is measuring out his life, and gnashes his teeth with rage against him. He who keeps no tulsi plant at his door, know his house for a burial-ground. He who has no worshippers of Vishnu in his family, his raft for crossing the sea of life is foundered. The mouth that speaks not the name of Vitthobé is verily a tanner’s pit. Tuka says, His hands are wooden sticks, that goes not to hear the praises of Hari.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1054
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents