Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2517

Countless are the tricks of cunning; there is one who knows and cares for the truth. People laugh with the laughers and change their mien when others cry. Fie upon such barren expressions; real qualities are precious; chaff is vain. Tuka says, Such expressions are like a blind man’s admiration; it is crazy and contemptible.

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