They gather lovers of gossip and drink strong drink with them; their passions are inflamed by sensual pleasures. They sit talking scandal of others: at the sight of them Yama grinds forcefully his teeth, till their thread of life is slit.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2582
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents