Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2485

A man who lives with a scold suffers pain and mortification; he enjoys neither this world nor the next; he looks as wretched as a day-labourer. She looks upon him with scorn and cares but two straws for his orders. Tuka says, She is a fetter on his feet and an axe which falls on his head.

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