Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 50

Tuka am smaller than an atom, yet vast as the sky. I have relinquished the body, for the world is error manifest. I have relinquished the triad of knowledge; I have lit a lamp within the vessel of my body. Tuka says, Enough of me is left to serve mankind.

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