Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2525

If a man stands up to preach and spares his energy, who is there that can measure his guilt? In this field the sinner is a better man if he enters it not; what is the good of the shirker in battle? As for one who sits at a preaching and talks of other matters, cursed be his chatter, it is downright hell.

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