Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3575

How much advice is needed to influence a rogue? He does not like anything that will do him good.
Why are there no pure desires in the wretch? He has burned up the merit of his good actions.
He has no faith within him; he will not listen to words; he only weakens himself.
Tuka says, Why did his mother bring him forth? He is always talking nonsense, so it seems.

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