He was free but his own efforts bound himself; he delighted to say “Mine, mine.” He suffered merit and demerit to cling to him; he knows not the secret, “Who is the doer?” Tuka says, The worthless is wasted.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2548
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents