Ensnared as we are by hope, we entreat Thy mercy; our soul is fully devoted to its aim. Keep me by Thee in such estate as Thou seest fit; cut me off from the world, and make me a mendicant. Tuka says, When a decree is given, who can go on prating?
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3167
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents