Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 43

Does the cock keep the author of day true to his time? Why, O God, do you place on my head such a burden as to bid me be a saint? Will masters starve, if servants refuse to cook food? Tuka says, The infinite one knows how to bring all things to pass.

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