Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1604

I am a bondslave in the house of the saints; I
roll up and down at their door. The dust of
their feet cleaves to me; it raises forty-two of
mine to heaven. I gather up the food left on their
plates; I make a mouthful of it. Tuka says, I
have no other plan of salvation but this; I count
this the essence of all plans.

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