Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 32

I left the world by my own resolution, for I was bound up in it heart and soul. When butter and buttermilk are once separated, you cannot find either present in the other. One process of churning brings both into existence, but their natures are distinct. Tuka says, When the pearls have been discovered, the pearl-shells are left alone.

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