If a paik is honoured by his master, then all the world dreads him. Paiks generous of their lives are a noble sight; their leaders wear jewelled ornaments and golden bracelets. When they are coming, the frightened run away. Tuka says, He who is brave is honoured throughout the world.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1349
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents