Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3188

GOD does not suffer his worshipper to follow
any worldly vocation; He himself winds up
his affairs. If God gave him wealth, he would be
puffed up; so He brings him to beggary. If
he gave him a virtuous wife, unreal desires
would entangle him; so He sets a shrew upon
him. Observe, says Tuka, such has been my own experience; why need I say more?

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