He is apart from all, his way is hidden, yet he disports himself within them. God moves the strings as a puppet player moves the strings of His puppets: when he jerks the rope, one of the puppets falls down dead. Tuka says, We should learn his nature and make him our friend.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1806
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents