Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3684

A Bramhana by caste who performs not his ablutions, he is but a Bramhana in name. He is lower than the lowest if he neglects the shaligréma and keeps company with whores. He will not accept as holy the water in which the saints’ feet have been washed; he lusts after women. Tuka says, Do not even look a second time on his face.

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