Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2129

A treasure—if one be given me? It is Vitthala alone I want. Thou art known to be generous; for the magic stone thou wouldest give us a pebble in exchange. If thou shouldest give me Thy own soul, it would not be worth as much as these words of mine. I should look on wealth, says Tuka, as though it were the flesh of a cow.

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