Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3372

To revile any one is sinful; to grieve any man is to grieve God.
Therefore I have diligently taught my mind to think of God and nothing else.
Even though we set our tongue in motion to serve other men, still, the sinful taint of the world clings to it.
Tuka says, Our souls are subject to their past; who will save us from distress?
What gladdens our eyes is pity.

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