Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3202

Love gives us power to control others: the parents fear their own child. He cannot actually use force to them; but he uses entreaties and sets up a cry. He clings to their dress, and tumbles about them till he hurts them. Tuka says what he likes, and Vitthala puts up with it.

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