Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1851

To effect our purpose we have cast off shame; our own true good is in our own hands. You have no body; we, since we have bodies, are pursued, we know, by sin and merit. Tuka stays here to preach to all men.

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