To me it seems a prince and an emmet share the same soul. Illusion and hope have passed away from me; they are snares of Time and Death. Gold and clay are alike to my mind. The whole of Vaikuntha has come to visit me, says Tuka.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1429
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents