Tukaram, Poem 3686

He doesn’t bite you or hurt you, or shy; he is clean in his habits, he will not eat filth. Still an ass is an unholy creature; you cannot make a gift of him on a holy day. She bites, and kicks, and shies; she yields little milk; her mouth is never clean, and she eats filth; yet a cow is holy and proper for a gift on a holy day. A Bramhana ought to have a Bramhana for his teacher, and never a Shudra; good customs proceed from God, says Tuka.