We may look on the world as divine, but I blame this disposition of men; I feel a compassion that seeks to help them, for they will fall into the hands of death. I have no friend nor any enmity towards strangers. I speak this by way of prelude, says Tuka, to lay bare the heart of the matter.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 47
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents