Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1600

The mother seeks her children's good; such is
the true nature of sympathy, it loves with-
out an eye to gain. The mother bears her child
in her womb and suffers all its disorders. Tuka says,
Even so you have to carry me, O saints.

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