What chaff or dust does camphor leave when it is pounded? Can the sea be improved by any admixture? The stone Parisa, the jewel Chintamani, cannot be changed by contact with the faulty nature of other objects. Such, says Tuka, are the saints; in every way complete like the heavens.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2352
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents