Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3355

I will tell you exactly how many houses there were in Lanka; five lakhs of stone, and seven of brick; of bell-metal and copper, one crore; of pure gold, seven crores. Yet, says Tuka, he who owned all this wealth took not one cowri to heaven with him.

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