Songs of Saint Tayumanavar

Songs of Tayumanavar

Leaping Leopard (57/59)

What availeth learning and listening,
If they still wander about in lust?
They have but learnt the art of the whirl
In gyrating pleasures.
Oh! Fully foolish heart!
Do thou put thine faith entire
In the congregation of devotees true
Who waxeth in virtue overwhelming
And waneth in blemishes rare.