When one looks into a mirror it seems as if one is looking at a different object, yet one is looking at oneself. I am the brook that has merged into the river. My country is now the whole universe. Liberation cannot be purchased in a marketplace, nor can it be acquired by wandering in the woods or forest. Liberation cannot be had by large quantities of wealth, nor can it be found in the upper or nether worlds. Liberation can be acquired, says Tuka, only at the cost of life.

(Tukaram)