Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2689

This was the original step that averted my pangs; I presented my body at Your feet; I was set free from toil and redeemed. Now I shall not suffer my own authority to guide me. Tuka stands apart from the world, far from all its worries.

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