Parents take care of their children and cherish them in the hope of gain. The king of gods is not like them; he is compassionate in his own nature. A mother beats her child when he displeases her; how many fathers beat them, says Tuka, I cannot tell!
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2913
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents