They offer vows to the stone gods that they will swing themselves from hooks, but they will not let their wives attend a katha.
They spend heaps of wealth on tombs, but they treat as ill-omened the pediment for the tulsi that stands at their doors.
When they are plundered by thieves, they feel no great pang; but they will not drop a coin in a Bramhana’s hand.
They entertain their relatives by marriage, but turn their backs on those that seek a charitable dole.
Tuka says, They are like beasts of burden, that do not know the reason why they toil.
They spend heaps of wealth on tombs, but they treat as ill-omened the pediment for the tulsi that stands at their doors.
When they are plundered by thieves, they feel no great pang; but they will not drop a coin in a Bramhana’s hand.
They entertain their relatives by marriage, but turn their backs on those that seek a charitable dole.
Tuka says, They are like beasts of burden, that do not know the reason why they toil.