Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2007

When a child has reached years of discretion his mother begins to keep him at a distance. When a pearl is once formed in water it cannot rejoin the water. As churning goes on, says Tuka, the buttermilk collects and puts on one side the butter.

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