Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2460

A drunken man would dance naked, he
would talk improprieties and nonsense.
Who can be taught wisdom? His past acts would
make him incurably presumptuous; with obstinate
power they will fasten on him; what are duty and
propriety in the presence of a madman? He will
know what these ideas mean when he is beaten,
says Tuka.

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