Verbal knowledge is far removed from this secret; motions of the hand and spells will not bestow the experience which is needed. Joy and anger roll in on us like waves; lust and wrath leave us on the shore of the stream. Devotion will not succeed at Vitthoba’s feet, unless we have
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3471
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents