Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2758

What I want is to incur the ridicule of the world; then I shall never leave Thy feet, for my mind in its distress will seek its own proper place. I do not enough abhor idle talk; I know not why such vile promptings arise in me. Tuka says, Only if I am dealt a stout blow on the head, shall I cease from these vanities.

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