The wedded love of a wife, unseen before, becomes known at the funeral pyre; if she shuts her eyes in horror, she goes down to hell. After that, whether she retreats or leaps into the fire, it is all one; the verdict has been passed upon her. I have no confidence, says Tuka, till the test has actually been passed.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2227
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents