Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2548

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.

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