Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2635

He wears a tall headdress and a mark on his forehead; it is all outward show, sensual desires dwell within his heart. Deep he stamps the sacred lines on his person, to win himself honour among men. How many such, says Tuka, have gone down to hell!

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