Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2879

It is he who sets the mind in motion; in his hands both strings are one. He sets men dancing with various desires, so that they amuse themselves with pleasures. The moon sends the message to the lotus; iron rises up at the sight of the magnet, says Tuka.

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