Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2702

This secret, though I proclaim it, is not comprehended; this gives rise to errors. Whoso first keeps his mind under control, he first will pass under the authority I have assumed. If a man is not hungry, he will not welcome food, he will find no flavour in it; even so an obstinate man will find reason distasteful. Tuka says, We must watch ourselves; we cannot at present restrain other people.

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