Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2043

As surely as a husband loves a chaste wife devotedly, so surely will patience bring God to you, if you love Him with undivided faith. The blue jay does not cast his eyes upon water, he awaits the clouds at his last gasp. The sun lotus drinks not the nectar of the moon; it awaits the sunset and sunrise. The cow suffers no calf but her own to approach her. Tuka says, If we have to deal with Vitthoba, our rule must be to surrender our life,

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