We are sinful, Thou art the Purifier; know that this truth is descended from the past. We must not make out the old to be new; let each keep its own province. We must take all needful steps to preserve the spot we have inherited. Tuka cries aloud and compels God to listen.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3044
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents