Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1211

As Brahma sports among the cowherds, the girls fasten his throat to the churning staff. He runs up to Yasoda and asks for a meal; he runs after the cows through the wood. Tuka says, He is a cunning fellow; he feigns simplicity and comes begging to you!

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