Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2985

There was a string of pots tied each by the neck to the revolving wheel; then one vessel was broken, and I became free from toil and emancipated. The broken potsherd cannot keep its place, or perform its exacted toil, or go round in the circuit. Tuka says, How can the corpse feel any joy or interest in the fire?

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