Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2041

When the chaste widow sees the fire, her hair stands on end, not from any encouragement that people give her, from her own joy and eagerness. She thinks not of her wealth or her family, she sheds no tears. She bethinks herself of one, and leaps into the fire, says Tuka.

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