Tukaram, Poem 2423

What messenger need go to the ants’ house? At the sight of sugar they come running to it. Does the giver stand waiting when no beggar is near? It is the beggar who runs to better himself. Do food and water say, “Come, eat us up”? It is the hungry man who goes in quest of them. The patient runs to the physician to get rid of his sufferings. One who means to better himself, says Tuka, He listens to God’s praises, he cultivates a pleasure in this.