Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2506

The stomach is but a span broad; what a coil is made about it! Fie for shame upon it! ’Tis hunger sets men in motion. They carry their pride as it were a load on their heads; they are asses carrying a load of greed. Tuka says, To go to hell is the business that are after.

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