If he is too niggardly to give away buttermilk, is it likely he will spread us a feast? His conduct shows that he means nothing. What expense did I fetter Thee with? How have I caused thee any embarrassment? Nothing shall cling to my body but Thy service; such is my fixed resolution. Tuka says, To vindicate Thy name, take up thy work after my precedent.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3068
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents