You are holy men; you have been set apart; we shudras will not stand in your path. What is the use of false pride on either side? Contemplation of God is all-sufficient; what good will it do us to associate with exalted men? Tuka says, Give me not, O God, any service displeasing to Thee.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3495
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents