Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1183

There is such an one as says, “Study my
songs!” This he cries as he goes from house
to house; yet he knows not the outskirts of his own
village; he feels ashamed if he leaves his own
corner. He collects fragments from others’ songs;
by poetical devices he simulates pathos. Tuka
says, A man may wear the signs of devotion; alas!
this avails not before Govinda.

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