Tell me now faithfully what I should do, O God! Ceremonial rites avail not to free us from our karma; they end in nothing but trouble undergone. Tuka says, Do not try me to the last; give the gift of Thy grace to him who begs for it.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2970
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents