Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1824

Powerful is the force of our actions past;
it moves us on to actions corresponding.
It puts forth its power to drag the sinner down
to hell. The bad deeds we have done prick us at
heart. O God, says Tuka, I have neither wor-
shipped nor served Thee.

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