Tukaram, Poem 3064

Ought not to speak to thee in hard terms; but a child is wont to show too familiar presumption. Thou must pardon any offence that has been given Thee; teach us better, O Thou who art best of all. A child will run to take hold of a flame; he does not know that he will be burnt; his mother must drag him back from it. Tuka says, The mother who bears the child must pass the after-birth also; this Thou knowest well, O God.