I cannot bear self restraint or mortification
of the body, I cannot endure thirst or hunger,
but daily I make my cry to Thee, do thou take
some pride in me! I have not polluted myself in
body, speech or mind, I keep myself from all pollut-
ing thoughts. I desire, says Tuka, to make my-
self a float to cross the sea of life,
of the body, I cannot endure thirst or hunger,
but daily I make my cry to Thee, do thou take
some pride in me! I have not polluted myself in
body, speech or mind, I keep myself from all pollut-
ing thoughts. I desire, says Tuka, to make my-
self a float to cross the sea of life,