Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1188

A show of courtesy on the face, while the disposition within is very different—what is the use of such hypocrisy? It merely simulates sincerity in public. To prepare a banquet and to poison your guests would be to mislead them to their death. Tuka says, A Thug conceals his murderous trick; he acts courteously as though he were a respectable man.

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