Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2452

Through their selfish impulses men make
fond vows here and there; there is a famine
of truth, a wild disorder spread over the land.
Their stunted minds are incapable of faith; an evil
destiny is written in their foreheads. Tuka says,
The circuits of fools round holy places are like the
circuits of a bullock in an oil mill.

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