Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1974

A cow grazes in the wood; her heart is with her calf at home. Thus, O mother, do Thou with me; give me a place at Thy feet. If you draw a fish from the water it gasps for breath; Tuka says, So it is with the body, it delights in the breath of life.

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