Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3714

They employ agents and go betweens, and force
their instructions on men. Saints there are
of this kind, who seek a living; how can God be
present with them? They get women and children
into their clutches, and obtain annuities for them-
selves. They expound the Scriptures, but they
never act according to their own expositions. They
act like rogues, says Tuka.

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