Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 16

I cannot give up food, or dwell in the forest, so I cry to Thee, O Narayana, for pity! I have no authority to con the Vedas! Tuka says, Man’s life is short, a hard riddle.

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