True happiness in the world is to be penniless; Hari’s people are one kin. Their steadfast courage cannot be crushed; their devotion is a sentiment that never fails. Be they hungry or thirsty, they ever remember God. Tuka says, These are they whose wealth is their own Narayana.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3475
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents