Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2389 B

I hear a report pressing in; more than one complaint has reached me. Put no trust in them! They are ravenous thieves who steal away the body. This is all they gain; they are for ever naked and bareheaded. When they rob a man, says Tuka, he never knows what he has lost.

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