“He has killed a Brahman; he has killed a cow; he has committed other sins.” Such are the praises bestowed on him, the empty fellow who has sold a daughter. He has taken the price of human flesh, therefore men cry out against him. His lust of gold is equal to all sins together. It is a sin in me to name it; my tongue trembles at the words. Tuka says, Why does not the pander beg a piece of dry bread?
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1099
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents