Tukaram, Poem 2567

Good advice may be scattered broadcast, like rain from the clouds; but let a teacher beware of taking a pupil, he will have to share half the fruit of his deeds. Spend all your money, if you will, on feeding the poor or animals, but do not give a high-born son in adoption. Do not sow seed on rocks with no water beneath them; you will be disappointed in the harvest, when the revenue officers are pressing you. Tell your secrets to holy men; treat your wife like a handmaid. If you are overfond of her you will have to share half the guilt of her actions. We ought to test the rarity of a thing and not to be charmed by appearances. Take that, says Tuka, which will bring no blame upon you.