Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1792

A devotee follows God like a dog; God is
the nurseling of his devotees. How is the
one united to the other? As a body is to its soul.
God is the kind mother of His devotee; the devotee
is the father of God. Tuka says, Both are united
as parts of one frame.

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