Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1833

The body of an unbeliever is polluted; he is foul who holds himself to be separate from God.
How can such a creeping plant rise to the height of the structure of Godliness?
Every man’s future corresponds to his store of merits. A mother hopes for a princely son, yet she bears a stone, because her evil lot ensures it.
Tuka says, The unbeliever is like a hard grain of corn, which, however, you cook it, unites not with the rest of the food.

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