Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2220

Words do not cleave the body; they do not pierce it like adamantine bolts. Why can nothing induce you to bear things? You can well sacrifice that store-house of evils, the body. Words do not taste sharp in the mouth; they do not load the stomach. Tuka says, If you swallow up the sense of personality, Narayana will dwell within you.

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