She stuffs herself with rags, and the story goes out that she is pregnant. She counterfeits longings and other signs of the state; but there is no child in her womb or milk in her breast. She is barren after all, says Tuka; and, besides, she has to put up with people’s contempt.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3600
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents