Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1544

Ornaments which ought to go back—they do away with them and turn thieves. A thrashing is the honour they deserve; it will be a good thing if they got it. Instead of the pleasure they coveted, they will have their faces blackened at last. Tuka says, It is a proper ornament for thieves if they are covered with dust.

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