Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2498

When the name of Savitri is met in a widow, it moves us to derision. Fie on the mere name! It is a mockery on such a case. When a man named Kubera carries a load, what shame he undergoes! Tuka says, Mark the lines of the fool’s neck, as he goes strutting along.

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