Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3150

Do not chase away the dog that waits at Thy feet; do not lift up thy hand against him.
I have made myself a mere carcass, a very lout.
O Life of the world! Observe thy pledges towards me, says Tuka.

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