I am resolved in my mind to have no discussions with men; I would attain my own purpose; this design I would set before myself and steadily adhere to it. What use to me are the notions of others? Am I not Vitthoba’s worshipper? There are a few who have gone ahead to show the way. Why should I foolishly quit that way? Tuka says, “Vitthoba undertakes all anxiety for me; I need not fear.”
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2768
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents