Tukaram, Poem 2399

You may say, I will first dispel every care, thereafter I will seek a lonely place and worship God. In the turmoil of life, hope will overtake you again, you will give your soul in exchange for it. In the end you will be ruined by the pleasures you follow; you will fall into the abyss of life again. The body is a structure of illusion, it will never find peace. They set up trouble within and without; thus the four days of life pass. The precious moments pass in vain; crores of rupees will not bring them back to you. Tuka says, Take steps to profit yourself, or one day you will cry “Alas!”