Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3230

Look at my experience; I have made God my own.
I need only speak what He puts into my mouth, at any time when I answer you.
Only when we quit this wicked world does Govinda become our bond-servant.
I have taken the bold step, says Tuka; thus I have made Him prisoner.

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