Sitting with a thief makes the mind think like a thief; the moment you see a rag, the mind races toward it. Sitting even for a moment with an adulterer, the mind runs at the sight of a woman. Abandon the clinging web of worldly preoccupation and hold Keshava in your heart. Cast off the shackles of worldly life and cultivate a taste for kirtan. Says Tuka, I tell you this one thing: sing of Rukmini's Lord with your lips.

Sit beside a thief and your mind turns like a thief's; the moment it sees a rag, the mind runs toward it. Sit even a moment beside an adulterer, and at the sight of a woman the mind runs. Throw off the tangle of worldly habit and hold Keshava in your heart. Cast off the shackles of worldly life, and grow a taste for kirtan. Tuka says: I tell you this one thing, sing of Rukmini's Lord with your lips.