Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3083

How strong is the sense of self within me, if Thou art not able to remove it! If this is so, who would fall at Thy feet? Why art Thou so niggardly of compassion? Is Thy wealth wasted thereby? Tuka says, God ought to carry the bags of Self that belong to other men.

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