He is wailing now, but when he sinned, he reflected not. He coveted women and wealth; he was a cozener of men. He would betray the credulous, and felt no disgust. Tuka says, He never truly came to life; he was born in vain.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3655
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents