Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1612

For shelter I cry; for shelter I beseech Thee with my threefold voice. My speech suffices not; I am Thy slave of slaves. Full heedfully I lay my body at Your feet. Poor Tuka prays to the saints; he cannot be saved by any glory of his own.

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