Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3291

You are no wolfish mother, like other mothers of the world, that we should fear our words will be wasted, like chaff that bears no fruit. Thou art not weak, though Thou hast no possessions. Thou art not false, says Tuka, nor in any way an abject wretch.

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