Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1062

A sow relishes ordure continually; what pleasure has she in savoury food? Thus the irreligious delight in false doctrine; they find no pleasure in the highest truth. You may offer dogs nectar, but their heart is set on bones. Tuka says, Though you feed a snake on milk, it vomits forth poison in return.

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