Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3321

What purpose stands unaccomplished through
thy reserve, that I should trouble thee with
force? My life is not passing away; I am suffering no loss; this I can easily recall. I have
no anxious cares; I am not dying of hunger, nor
do I stand in need of buffaloes and kine. This you
know full well; my words are long and tedious,
but my faith is real. Tuka says, To gain perishable
things mankind abandon Your feet.

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