Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1577

Dragging her children after her she comes
disturbing my preaching; fall at her feet
and entreat her, or else seize her by the hand and
drive her out. She sits fondling her children;
why does she spoil the people’s affection for me?
Tuka says, She distracts the people’s minds, so
put her to shame.

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