Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2022

It is a servant’s part to comply with orders and messages, the master’s part the master knows. We are the primal source of the mind; we should draw together all qualities on His feet. In my eagerness to see him I am growing wildly desirous; I feel I must wave my body round him and cast it away. Tuka says, Fulfil my desires, preserve thy own good name!

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