Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2549

When you speak to some married woman you call her mother, but your mind makes itself ashamed. What does it matter what you say, when you have wicked thoughts in your heart? So might one boast of his courage and holiness, yet suffer crows to feed with him nor raise his unclean hand against them. Whoso acts as he speaks, says Tuka, his worth is beyond counting.

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