Abhanga 93
This abhang is for the moment when the right-vs-wrong frame stops working — when the right things you've been doing are producing wrong outcomes inside, and the wrong things you fear are producing unexpected goods. Tukaram's reframe: the secret is upside-down. The diagnostic is single: did this make the deity more distant or nearer? That is the only metric. Politeness about checking is false. The gut-calculation is the real one.
The verse
भोगें घडे त्याग । त्यागें अंगा येती भोग ॥१॥ ऐसें उफराटें वर्म । धर्मा अंगीं च अधर्म ॥ध्रु.॥ देव अंतरे तें पाप । खोटे उगवा संकल्प ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भीड खोटी । लाभ विचारावा पोटीं ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Through enjoyment, renunciation arises; through renunciation, enjoyments come to the body. The secret is upside-down — in the body of dharma, adharma itself. What makes the deity become distant — that is paap; uproot false intentions. Tuka says: politeness is false; calculate the gain in your gut.
मराठी: भोगाने त्याग घडतो; त्यागाने अंगाला भोग येतात. वर्म उफराटं — धर्माच्या अंगातच अधर्म. देव दूर होतो — तेच पाप; खोटे संकल्प उगवा. तुकाराम म्हणतात — भीड खोटी; पोटात लाभ विचारा.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| भोगें घडे त्याग | "by enjoyment, renunciation arises" |
| त्यागें अंगा येती भोग | "by renunciation, enjoyments come to the body" |
| उफराटें वर्म | "the secret is upside-down" |
| धर्मा अंगीं च अधर्म | "in the body of dharma, adharma itself" |
| देव अंतरे तें पाप | "what makes the deity become distant — that is paap (sin)" |
| खोटे उगवा संकल्प | "uproot false intentions" |
| भीड खोटी | "politeness / shyness is false" |
| लाभ विचारावा पोटीं | "calculate the gain in your gut" |
What it means
A short upside-down-secret abhang. The structural claim is paradoxical: enjoyment leads to renunciation (because the gut tires of it), and renunciation produces enjoyments coming back (because the renouncer is no longer chasing). The deeper claim: in the body of dharma, adharma lives. Dharma-actions performed for ego (echoes of 0090) carry adharma inside. The simplest diagnostic: देव अंतरे तें पाप — what makes the deity distant is paap. The closing instructs against politeness — भीड खोटी — and asks you to calculate the gain in your gut (in your पोट, your inner abdomen-of-truth). [T]
For someone today
This abhang is for the moment when the right-vs-wrong frame stops working — when the right things you've been doing are producing wrong outcomes inside, and the wrong things you fear are producing unexpected goods. Tukaram's reframe: the secret is upside-down. The diagnostic is single: did this make the deity more distant or nearer? That is the only metric. Politeness about checking is false. The gut-calculation is the real one.
मराठी: ही ओवी त्या क्षणासाठी जेव्हा right-vs-wrong frame चालत नाही — योग्य गोष्टी आत चुकीचे परिणाम देतायत, आणि घाबरत होतात त्या गोष्टींतून अनपेक्षित चांगले. तुकारामांचं reframe: वर्म उफराटं. diagnostic एकच: यामुळे देव दूर झाला, की जवळ आला? तेच एकमेव metric. तपासायला भीड खोटी. पोटातलं गणित खरं.
Where this applies
- Right things producing wrong inside. उफराटें वर्म.
- Politeness about checking content. Drop it.
- Calculate the gain in your gut. Inner accounting > prescribed signs.