Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1317

Dhdhgli phu, my rival, you! You have soiled yourself. People will spit on your face and back. You are tired out with whirling round; begone, you slave of the world. Foot and hand are wearied; you are tired out with whirling round and round. Unless you bring under control the seven and the five, how can you last out, child? You have lost your breath; your feet are weary, yet you go on spinning round! Tuka says, Silly one! Now do what you have been told to!

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