Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2535

The slanderer’s mother must truly have been
an unchaste wife. He pries into the Saint's
failings; he is like a dog peering into holes for a
morsel of food. He acts as though they had
stolen something from his father’s stock; he
trumps up tales to ruin them, says Tuka.

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