Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1091

He who takes his part is like him. He comes to sorrow and gains nothing by it; he imprisons his ancestors in the gaol of hell. The king who hears of it, and punishes not the wretch, is a scoundrel himself. Tuka says, His food is like the liquor of drunkenness.

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