The man who is bitten by a snake must die. What does the wicked man gain? The people spit in his face. A scorpion strikes with his sting, he sets people on fire. Their own feet carry them to hell, says Tuka.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2555
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents