Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3418

How can God be far from those that pray to
Him for compassion? A child petitioning need
not cling to His mother; she knows what sweets to
give Him. If a man puts his weight into a boat,
the farther shore is not far from him. Tuka has
now left mankind; he is transported to another
land.

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