Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3293

Worldly life I only pretend to take a part.
Your own mother is the best of mothers to you,
whatever she is like; as for other mothers, if you
like to honour them, you may do so. She who
gave us birth yearns over us; her spirit is exceeding
tender towards us. Tuka says, I pass my days in
fond admiration for her, relying on her to support
me.

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