Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2714

We shall bestow advice on men so far as they have a right to it; we ought to place a burden on the back of one who can bear it. Should we entrust an elephant’s burden to an ant, what would come of it? Tuka says, A hunter takes with him nets, snares and axes; he uses each at the right time.

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