Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2456

A snake dwells in a clump of sandal-wood
trees; those who enjoy the scent live in
far countries. A cattle louse lives on the home
of milk and drinks impurity; what is next him
goes far away. Tuka says, Better a stone than a
man with a stolid mind.

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