Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2925

I love for his son the father puts by a store, though he famishes himself to that end. He puts a burden on his own arms and shoulders, and soon he makes his son master of an estate. He gladdens his eyes by putting ornaments on him, and he displays the greatness of the store he has made. Tuka says, He will not let any one else vex him, he will risk his own life for him.

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