Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1213

His mother sees him eating dirt; she ties him with a tether. He takes his net and blanket and stick; he strings his horn behind his back and tends the cows. Great is the might of faithful devotion; God has become their child. Tuka says, As a reward for our devotion God comes running after us.

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