Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1884

Whatever I seek to grasp turns its back on
me. Why is this my portion? I am an
ill-starred wretch. I have nothing to support me,
neither God nor the world. Tuka says, The earth
yields no harvest and I cannot procure an alms.

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