Tukaram, Poem 2802

We were managing our affairs prosperously; we were filling our bellies; you brought upon us this Spirit of Mischief; you displayed your divine power. Why did you utterly destroy our family? We were the only branches that were left; yet you could not bear to see even us; you put an open estrangement between us. Tuka’s brother says, Because you found the top of the cane sweet, need you eat it up root and all?