Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1815

Though we free the mind from the body, we
cannot free it from the sense of self; it
groans vainly under its load. In my confusion I
seem like one bound in fetters, carrying my burden.
Tuka says, I have seized an opportunity to run to
Thee; now come Thou forward speedily.

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