Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3701

A preacher who has no knowledge of Bramha—of just practices or thoughts—he carries on a traffic in false goods. He was conceived in the womb of a buffalo; he should be called an ass, a Chandala. A man who makes money by preaching—What! Could not the wretch get enough to eat otherwise? He talks nonsense to fill his stomach; but he is never ready with an instructive tale. He is a rogue among mankind, says Tuka; Why did his mother give birth to him.

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