Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1867

Many a time do I reason with my mind; yet
I cannot govern it, it is greedy after pleasure.
Now save me through Thy own power, I see
no means of escaping from this net. I am caught
like a fish on a hook; when once he has swallowed
it if he tries to spit it forth he cannot. I am
ignorant, says Tuka, but I wait upon Thee, O God!

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