Artifice of some kind

I know not to charm people

 

I perform Your keertan*

Singing sublime Your praise

 

I know not medicinal plants

Miracles every now and then

 

Nor I have flocks of followers

To spread my holiness among people

 

Nor I'm the head of some monastery

Nor do I wish any land donations

 

Nor conduct elaborate idolatry

Having set up such shop   

 

Nor have any spirits blessed me

With the ability to divine signs

 

Nor I'm a reciter of scriptures

Acting, preaching otherwise

 

Nor a debater of arcane theology

Like the pundits deplorable

 

Nor do I burn frankincense

Praising goddesses euphorically

 

Nor do I clatter a rosary

Gathering yokels around

 

Nor proficient in black arts

Evil doings of witchcraft

 

Tuka is not like those

Condemned to the purgatory

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* All Varkari Saints performed keertans as an effective means of social awakening. A typical Varkari keertan comprises of singing abhang to the accompaniment of such musical instruments as veena, pakhavaj and taal. What sets a Varkari keertan apart from such other performance is the performer’s commentary on the abhang being sung.

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