Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2687

I left the world on my own impulse; I was
indeed heartily sick of it. Two things that are
different cannot be forced to combine, just as
buttermilk is for ever separate from butter. Both
are produced by churning one substance, and
different names are given to them. Chaff and grain
are distinguished from each other by their properties. Tuka says, Where could a pearl ever find
a dwelling place, if the mother-of-pearl were
crushed?

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