Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3532

Know one, a wealthy man, who is suffering
from leprosy, black or white; another who is
blind or dumb. The ways of Fate are fantastic and
unsearchable; the strings of the puppets are in
Vitthoba’s hand. There are other diseases, past
numbering, that constantly invade such men.
Tuka says, They bring this gift that they destroy
the Karma, but they have no pleasure in the
gift.

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