Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1944

I have been wretched had some gift of mercy been vouchsafed to me. Bright is the face of a contented man—this is the mark such a gift leaves. A word of love is never wasted, whatever that word may be. We learn the truth from experience, says Tuka?

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