Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2230

A man’s own parents are his true Kashi, he need not visit any holy place. What did Pundalika accomplish? He set the highest Brahma upright on the brick. Thus be you too awake; embrace Narayana in your heart. Tuka says, Our parents are all embodied forms of God.

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