The servants of Vishnu mark our foreheads with white clay; that is what we wear. These are the jewels we display, the ornaments given us by our lord. We have been sold to serve him with our souls; by faith, single-hearted and unblemished, Tuka says, We have grown brave; we have left the world.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3482
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents