Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2624

He knows what is to happen, but he cannot
avert it; he too is a slave of causes, if he
pretends to be a god he will be destroyed. He
wastes his pains in austerities to attain mystic
powers. Tuka says, He spends his capital on
expenses in going to market.

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