Twilight of the Sultanate c18.s3.25

c18.s3.25

"Hadst thou the eighteen *Puranas* with thee,
Couldst thou recite the four *Vedas*,
Didst thou bathe on holy days and give alms according to man's castes,
Didst thou fast and perform religious ceremonies day and night,
Wast thou a Qāzī, a Mullā, or a Shaikh,
A Jogi, a Jaṅgam, didst thou wear an ochre-coloured dress
Or didst thou perform the duties of a house-holder,
Without knowing God, Death would bind and take all men away."
Also,
"He who worshippeth stones, visiteth places of pilgrimage, dwelleth in
forests,
And renounceth the world, wandereth and wavereth,
How can his filthy mind become pure."
Macauliffe, I, 133, 139.