Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3639

This, on one impulse or another, do these wretches weary themselves in vain. Why do they not secure their true interests, each so far as concerns himself? Why do they waste their words, with a purpose in view that leads to nothing? Tuka says, Offer something at least to God, and thus serve Him.

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