Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2499

The world is a sale of spurious articles, but with me a glass bead is not a diamond. What is the good of making a show? You are only multiplying idle trouble. In the absence of men who can gauge you, your parade is worthless. Tuka falls at your feet; cease your arguments and quarrels.

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