Tukaram, Poem 1699

The Sun is untouched by the water that reflects it; as fire dwells in the fuel, so dwells Narayana in the soul, in the manner of a witness to the soul. Every man has his own pleasures granted him; men’s portions are various in the world; the Lord assumes the hue of these varying hues. To every bodily frame belong its own purposes, they correspond one to the other. To each body belong pleasure and pain, correspondent to their actions in the three kinds of action. Tuka says, He who perceives not this mystery is troubled thereby. The answer Hari has given reveals the mystery of the device.