Religion
The Fellowship of Saints
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
What enters fire, its former nature lost,
Fire to itself transforms.
Touched by the magic stone, lo, iron now
Gold that the world adorns.
Into the Ganga flow the little streams,
With the great Ganga blent.
Nay, e'en its neighbour trees the sandal tree
Infects with its sweet scent.
So to the feet of saints is Tuka bound,
Linked in a blest content.
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Tukaram. “The Fellowship of Saints.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/52/.
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Tukaram. “The Fellowship of Saints.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/52/.
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