God clings to my person, He will not let me go—what am I to do with him? All other gods come and go, but this god keeps with one all through life. His inspiration fills all my limbs; the whole world seems to me to be God. This Spirit will not speak out clearly; whatever I do He will not leave me. This deity has devoured my life, with all the five elements of my body. Tuka says, With passionate longing he stands before Pundalika.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2885
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents