Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2124

God has committed a theft in God’s own house;
God has plundered God and brought Him to beggary. Eun! Run! There is no trace of the thief; to what village shall we pursue him? The thief was living in my house with me; when he saw his chance he destroyed everything. Tuka says, There is no one left behind; can we say who was plundered and whose property was stolen?
Do not all of you go to sleep everywhere; pay some attention to the right and wrong time. Look out! A thief means to rob your house. Many have been cheated and are going the round time after time. You will not recover what you lose; you will come to misery in the end. Tuka says, I shall look after myself; do you open your ears; you need not part with anything to anyone.

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