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Abhanga 358

When disgrace or humiliation hits, Tukaram doesn't blame others first — he asks God honestly why it happened, then looks inward and admits he missed something essential at the root of it. Once he sees that what happened has already happened, he refuses to waste more energy on regret; instead he turns the moment into a resolution: no more keeping company with people who lead him wrong. The embarrassment becomes the trigger for a real change in who he spends time with.

When phajitī came because of missed-varma at root — and you have to recognize this register

When what was to be has been; regret is vain — and you accept this

When enough of durjana-company — and you receive this resolve

The verse

कां होती कां होती । देवा एवढी फजीती ॥१॥ मुळीं वर्म नसतों चुकलों । तो मी ऐसें चित्तीं ॥ध्रु.॥ होणार होऊनि गेलें । मिथ्या आतां खंती रे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे पुरे आतां । दुर्जनाची संगती रे ॥३॥

Literal translation

Why happened — O deva — such phajitī? At the root — I missed the varma — that's how it was in citta. What was to be — has been; vain khamtī now. Tuka says: enough now — durjana-company.

मराठी: कां होती कां होती — देवा एवढी फजीती. मुळीं वर्म नसतों चुकलों — तो मी ऐसें चित्तीं. होणार होऊनि गेलें — मिथ्या आतां खंती. तुकाराम म्हणतां — पुरे आतां — दुर्जनाची संगती.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
कां होती कां होती देवा एवढी फजीती	"why happened — O deva — such phajitī?"
मुळीं वर्म नसतों चुकलों	"at the root — I missed the varma"
तो मी ऐसें चित्तीं	"(that I did) — that's how it was in (my) citta"
होणार होऊनि गेलें	"what was to be — has been"
मिथ्या आतां खंती रे	"vain (now) — khamtī (regret)"
पुरे आतां दुर्जनाची संगती रे	"enough now — durjana-company"

What it means

A phajitī-recognition and resolve abhang. May be a continuation of the persecution-aftermath reflection. Three claims:

कां होती कां होती — देवा एवढी फजीती — why happened, O deva — such phajitī. The opening-question. Why did such disgrace come? The honest-question to the deva.
मुळीं वर्म नसतों चुकलों — तो मी ऐसें चित्तीं — at the root — I missed the varma — that's how it was in citta. The self-recognition: I missed the varma at the root — the secret-essence was missed. That was how it was in my citta. Phajitī came because varma was missed. (The varma-missing — failure of essential-attention — is the root-cause.)
होणार होऊनि गेलें — मिथ्या आतां खंती — what was to be has been — vain to lament now. The fait-accompli claim: what was destined / to-happen — has happened; now lament is vain. Don't waste energy on past-disgrace-regret.
तुका म्हणे पुरे आतां — दुर्जनाची संगती — Tuka says: enough now — durjana-company. The closing-resolve: enough of durjana-company. The forward-resolve — no more wicked-company. The phajitī's lesson is the resolve.

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For someone today

मराठी: फजिती किंवा अपमान झाला की तुकाराम प्रथम दुसऱ्यांना दोष देत नाहीत — ते देवाला प्रामाणिकपणे विचारतात की असे का घडले, आणि मग स्वतःकडे वळून पाहतात की मुळातच आपण काहीतरी महत्त्वाचे चुकलो. जे घडून गेले ते घडून गेले हे मान्य केल्यावर ते पश्चात्तापावर उगाच ऊर्जा खर्च करत नाहीत; उलट या क्षणाचा उपयोग एक ठाम निर्धार करण्यासाठी करतात — यापुढे वाईट संगत नको. लाज वाटण्याचा हा प्रसंगच आयुष्यातल्या संगतीत खरा बदल घडवण्याचे कारण बनतो.

Where this applies

Honest why to the deva. Not blame-others.
Missed-varma at root. Self-diagnosis.
Regret-now is vain. Don't burn fuel.
Enough of durjana-company. Forward-resolve.