Let them increase; we owe much to them. They wash away our sins without soap or wages; they work for nothing and take a heavy burden on their backs. They carry us over the world and go down to hell themselves, says Tuka.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2554
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents