Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1237

They are frightened, because they have lost God; they do not know that He is near them; they utter loud cries and beat their limbs and faces! We do not learn that God is near us till we have reached the uttermost limit of grief. Tuka says, He is keen to discern; He can tell true from false devotion.

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