The birds have no store of grain, yet Narayana takes thought for them. The python lives in an ant-hill, yet Narayana looks after him. The chataka drinks no water from the earth, yet the purple clouds rain for him. We men are but ants, says Tuka, yet do Thou fulfil our desires!
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2891
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents