Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2710

Dogs feel it their duty to keep watch over their own place; they will not let even the wind from a stranger approach their own house. They tear such to pieces, and rend their body. Tuka trusts nobody but God.

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