Feebly we have become servants of Thine; remain weaklings—is this fitting, O merciful One? Thou knowest. ’Tis as though a jackal should carry off the cub of a lion. Shall we perish, having called ourselves Thy servants?
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1945
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents