Shri Tukaram Charitam II Vol III Book VIII Chp 9 Shlokas 13 - 17
वीथ्यां भागवतान् दृष्ट्वा सद्यो विस्मृत्य तानपि |
शकटादवरुह्याशु प्राप विट्ठलमन्दिरम् ||
तावत्सर्वे बालकाक्ष्च कुतूहलसमन्विताः |
इक्षुदण्डान् समादाय भक्षयामासुरादरात् ||
गायन्नृत्यन् प्रेमपूर्वं कृत्वा विट्ठलदर्शनम् |
पुनरागत्य भक्तोपि ददर्श शकटं निजम् ||
एकमेवेक्षुदण्डं तमवशिष्टं विलोक्य सः |
क्षुत्पिपासापीडितोपि स्वगृहं पुनराययौ ||
उक्त्वा बालकवृत्तान्तं कृतं विट्ठलदर्शनम् |
एकमेवेक्षुदण्डं तं भार्यायै प्रददौ महान् ||
तं दृष्ट्वा परमं कोपमवाप्यापि पतिव्रता |
पतिमुन्मत्तवृत्तान्तं प्रावोचत्तर्जयन्त्यपि ||
On his way, when he met some bhagavatas, he forgot the sugarcane sticks he had, got out of the cart leaving them behind and reached the sanctum of Shri Vitthala. In the mean time, many children came to the cart, saw the sugarcane sticks and ate them very eagerly. Tukaram was singing and dancing with devotion in the sanctum of Lord Vitthala. After getting the darshan of Lord Vitthala he came back to his cart. Seeing that only one sugarcane stick was left there, he returned home hungry and thirsty. The exalted man described to his wife how he had the darshan of Shri Panduranga and how in the meantime, the children ate away all the sugarcane. He handed over the only remaining stick to her.
