When a man is ready to sacrifice his life, why need he show any fear or deference towards anybody? You penniless wretch, I shall strip your blanket off you in the market-place! The more respect I show you, the more trouble you give me. Tuka says, I shall publish your origin and family.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3272
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents