O, mind, why do you trust so much the beauty of your body? Your eyes, handsome and clearly outlined as they are, old age will turn into cotton seeds. Your nose, handsome and straight as it is, will come down to meet your chin. Tuka says, While death is not yet at hand, show some regard to Hari.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2766
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents