Abhanga 192

This abhang names a replacement-mechanism for kāmā / craving / addiction / compulsive-desire that is rare and important:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A kāmā-rescue abhang. Five movements:

1. कामें पीडिलों माया — kāmā the māyā tortured (me). Kāmā (desire / craving) is named as māyā (mother / illusion). The personification: desire-as-mother — the source from which all action springs, but who tortures if not transcended.

2. बहु मारी नाहीं दया — beats much, no mercy. The brutality of kāmā is named without softening. Kāmā does not let-go gently; it beats.

3. तुझ्या राहिलों आधारें — जालें अवघें चि बरें — I stayed by your support — all is fine. The escape-mechanism is not arguing with kāmā; it is staying by Krishna's support. Stay near him — kāmā cannot reach into that zone.

4. आतां येतों काकुळती — now I come clinging-with-grief. Kakulati — the grieving-clinging posture. The bhakta is grateful-and-shaken; the kāmā-torture leaves marks; the rescue does not erase them but contains them. The post-rescue posture is clinging, not triumphant.

5. तुझ्या भिडा — गेली पीडा — with your bhīḍā, the pīḍā is gone. The wordplay is precise. Bhīḍā (Marathi: shyness, hesitation, modesty, binding-shyness toward the loved) replaces pīḍā (pain-of-craving). The new affect — bhīḍā (a kind of shy-deferring-toward-Krishna) — displaces the old affect. Kāmā did not get fought; it got replaced. [T]

For someone today

This abhang names a replacement-mechanism for kāmā / craving / addiction / compulsive-desire that is rare and important:

1. Kāmā is brutal. Don't soften it. बहु मारी नाहीं दया. The no-mercy register is honest. Anyone who has been seriously held by craving knows this.

2. You don't argue with kāmā. Argue-with-craving fails. Kāmā out-argues you every time. The escape is not argument.

3. You stay by the ādhāra* (support). Krishna's support — or the real-presence in your life — is the zone in which kāmā cannot reach. Stay-near*. The proximity is the protection.

4. Post-rescue posture is kakulati* — clinging-with-grief. Don't expect triumph. The torture leaves marks; the rescue contains them but does not erase them. The kakulati* posture is the right one.

5. Replacement, not removal. भिडा replaces पीडा. The new affect — bhīḍā (shy-binding-toward-the-loved) — displaces the old craving. You don't remove the craving; you develop a new affect that displaces it. Kāmā needs an energy-channel; if you give it the bhīḍā-channel-toward-the-loved, the pīḍā-channel dries.

For today: if you have been arguing with a craving and losing, stop arguing. Stay near the real-presence. Allow bhīḍā (shy-binding-affect toward the loved) to develop. Pīḍā will go with (not before) bhīḍā taking hold.

मराठी: ही ओवी कामा / craving / addiction / compulsive-desire चं replacement-mechanism नाव सांगते — दुर्मिळ आणि महत्त्वाचं:

1. कामा brutal आहे. Soften करू नका. बहु मारी नाहीं दया. No-mercy register honest. Craving ने seriously held असलेल्यांना हे माहीत.

2. कामा शी argue करू नका. Craving शी argue fail होतो. कामा प्रत्येक वेळी out-argue करतो. Escape argument नाही.

3. Ādhāra-शी राहा. Krishna चा support — किंवा तुमच्या आयुष्यातली real-presence — ती zone जिथे कामा पोहोचू शकत नाही. जवळ राहा. Proximity protection.

4. Post-rescue posture काकुळती* — clinging-with-grief. Triumph expect करू नका. Torture marks ठेवतो; rescue contain करतं पण erase करत नाही. काकुळती* posture योग्य.

5. Replacement, removal नाही. भिडा replaces पीडा. नवा affect — bhīḍā (प्रिय-व्यक्तीकडे shy-binding) — जुनं craving displace करतो. Craving काढून टाकत नाही; नवा affect develop होतो जो displace करतो. कामा ला energy-channel लागतो; भिडा-channel-प्रिय-कडे दिला तर पीडा-channel कोरडा होतो.

आज: craving शी argue करत हरत असाल — argue थांबवा. Real-presence जवळ राहा. भिडा (प्रिय-कडे shy-binding-affect) develop होऊ द्या. पीडा भिडा hold घेताच (आधी नाही) जाईल.

Where this applies

• Kāmā is brutal — don't soften. बहु मारी नाहीं दया.
• Stay-near the ādhāra, don't argue. Proximity is protection.
• Bhīḍā replaces pīḍā. Replacement, not removal.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2425
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• Abhanga 2540 — English: What greatness will I, low one, describe — you become compassionate, kṛpā-ocean.