Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2932

A child may be unkind to his mother, yet still
she loves him. She forgets that she is weary;
she lifts him on her hip and lays his body against
hers. She weeps at his distress; she is ready to
give away her life for him. She jumps up when
he calls her name, she flings away her life, says as:

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