Tukaram, Poem 2294

If I should make my own soul the only end in view, why, my mind is unsteady; what am I to do? If a man has not eaten, how can he belch? The names of many dishes are but names. If we oppose Thee, the opposition between us will grow; if we surrender ourselves to desire, we shall return to the womb again. This is merit, to renounce, and guilt, to cherish worldly affairs; to form worldly plans is a fetter, this is what we mean by the word. Tuka says, Even the liberated one is not free from evils; who is so powerful as to escape from the body?