I have not risen into notice at Thy feet; thou dost not even ask where I am gone. Why should I lead a life of worldly cares? Hitherto I have been a burden on the earth. Tuka says, O Lord of Pandhari, the disease of life is an overpowering torment.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3012
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents