Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2200

A servant should do his master’s bidding;
he has no business with “I” and “you.”
He may slay him or banish him; a broken heart
cannot be mended. How can a glowworm show
the way to the sun? Let him go forward on his
own path. He is an ocean of wisdom, says Tuka,
but he will impart no moisture to the field of
distinction.

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