Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2264

In calling ourselves Thine, what ruin we have
wrought ! Hear, O Vitthala, an account of
thy glory. Yet it is no service of ours to Thee, if
we cause thee to assume name and form. We
have vanquished the world, root and branch ; we
have turned our wealth into clods of earth and
stones. Tuka says, We have grown reckless of
our body, what else then can we care about?

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