I shall now press upon him like a creditor; I shall shut him up within me. What savour is there in words till we have surrendered our soul? First, a firm resolve, the essence of all; then we can bear any burden. Tuka says, I may eat and enjoy myself, but I shall not let him stay far from me.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2068
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents