Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1187

When the preacher is fond of money, the listeners are alarmed. They say, he knows not what he sings, he opens his mouth to get something given him. He is as greedy as a cat; he goes begging from door to door. Tuka says, The measure and the sack are both empty.

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