Tukaram, Poem 1348

To be a paik you must earn your wages; a true paik is one who does true service; a paik knows where his master may be wounded; he himself is beyond fear of wounds. When a paik has lived with two or three masters, he is distinguished as one of the trade. He is well called a paik who fills his office well, and gives victory to his master. Tuka says, A paik can find no home unless he resorts to his master’s house.