Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2981

Leaving this portion of happiness, the fool begs for liberation. Why should we not accept mortal birth, and plunder the love that resides in his name? Here we have curds and rice: given us; there is no talk of this in Vaikuntha. Tuka says, I desire not absolute union with God.

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