Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 33

In my own life I have experienced both good and evil fortune. I have witnessed both; I have found and shall find both displeasing. I have lived in the forest, but even here pain overtook me. Tuka says, I will take God with me and make Him my guide.

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