Their company is in every way mischievous; it distempers the mind. The world is full of affectations, it is a mass of evil passions. If you obey them, their pride will strip you of vigilance against desire. Tuka says, in deep trouble, “Now I will throw myself flat before the people.”
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2449
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents