Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3465

Worldly life and life with the highest—he who acts both parts together, in the end achieves neither. If a man seeks to lay his hands on two grain-pits at once, he will end by destroying himself.

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