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The Priceless Prize

    Thou canst not buy true goodness in the market:
    Nor canst thou win it unto thee by distant pilgrimage:
    It dwelleth not in rich men’s storehouses,
    Nor yet with hermits in the forest depths:

    No gold can purchase it:
    It is not to be found in darksome mines below,
    Nor in the wide blue sky above:

    One price alone can bring it unto thee,
    The giving of thy life:

    If for the sake of this great prize
    Thou wilt not give thyself, with all thou hast and art,
    Then cease to prate of goodness.

    — Tukaram