He who eats his food without due ceremony is a dog; what avails his manhood? He is a draught animal, a bullock! He knows nothing of right conduct; he is a burden to the earth; he is a foe of his ancestors and forces pollution upon them. He whose speech is foul, who never speaks the truth even in his dreams, there is none more guilty than he. He who looks to his stomach alone and has no compassion on other creatures; if a beggar on his rounds draws near him, who drives him away, who never worships holy men, visits no holy spot; he is a dowry of hell, he shall come to the worst misery. Tuka says, They destroy their own eye who forget God and cry out “I” and “Mine.”
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1066
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents