Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3352 b

If the she-ass be in milk, can she compare with the cow? Hang garlands round the neck of a crow,—will he thereby assume the grace of a hansa? Wash an ape, and set the zila upon him, can he go through the actions of a Bramhana? Should a Bramhana lose all his attributes, still, says Tuka, he is supreme in the three worlds.

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