Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2547

The well-born seeks to increase love; the parrot remembers Rama, Rama. Can others possess such qualities? Would a crow look well in a fine cage? The well-born remember what they were taught, thus they rise in the world. Tuka says, The hermaphrodite may wear a woman’s dress, but he does not become a woman.

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