Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1393

Why didst thou set me speaking; why, O Panduranga, dost thou not explain this?
Whom else shall I consult? I have banished the world root and branch.
I undertook this business, because it was the Lord’s service; I perform the work He set me.
Tuka says, Had He not taught me to speak, I had been silent at His behest.

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