Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 47

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.

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