Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2168

When can a child go if he is forsaken by
his mother? He cannot find his way by
his own strength. Even if he frets and runs away
from the table he looks behind to see if she is
following him. To show persistence is all our
capital; O mother! you will come running after
us. Tuka says, When we persist in very truth,
you will be reconciled and give us pleasant morsels.

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