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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 409 of 4582

Abhanga 409

Even when daily obligations make you miss the moment you were longing for, the longing itself doesn't die and deserves to be honored.

When the meeting-time has passed and śiṇa remains — and you have to recognize this register
When managing right-and-wrong has caused suffering — and you accept this honest-fact
When jīva burns for Gopāla — let samsāra burn — and you receive this resolve

The verse

आलियें धांवति धांवति भेट होइल म्हुण । तंव ते टळली वेळ वो माझा उरला सीण ॥१॥ आतां काय करूं सांग वो मज भेटेल कैसा । हरिलागीं प्राण फुटे वो थोरी लागली आशा ॥ध्रु.॥ लाविला उशीर बहुतीं बहु ओढिती ओढा । सांभाळितां सांग असांग दुःख पावल्यें पीडा ॥२॥ जळो आतां संसारु वो कई शेवट पुरे । तुकयाच्या स्वामी गोपाळालागीं जीव झुरे ॥३॥

Literal translation

Came running-running — bhēṭi will happen, thinking — vēḷa has passed — my śiṇa remained. Now what to do? tell — how will He meet me? — for Hari — prāṇa breaks — great āśā arose. Delays — by many — pulling ōḍhā — managing right-wrong — I have suffered pīḍā. Let samsāra burn — when will the end be enough? Tukya's svāmī — Gopāla — for Him — jīva burns.

मराठी: आलियें धांवति धांवति भेट होइल म्हुण — तंव ते टळली वेळ वो माझा उरला सीण. आतां काय करूं सांग वो मज भेटेल कैसा — हरिलागीं प्राण फुटे वो थोरी लागली आशा. लाविला उशीर बहुतीं बहु ओढिती ओढा — सांभाळितां सांग असांग दुःख पावल्यें पीडा. तुकाराम म्हणतां — जळो आतां संसारु वो कई शेवट पुरे — तुकयाच्या स्वामी गोपाळालागीं जीव झुरे.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
आलियें धांवति धांवति भेट होइल म्हुण "came running-running — bhēṭi will happen, thinking"
तंव ते टळली वेळ वो माझा उरला सीण "the vēḷa has passed — my śiṇa remained"
आतां काय करूं सांग "now what to do? — tell"
मज भेटेल कैसा "how will He meet me?"
हरिलागीं प्राण फुटे वो थोरी लागली आशा "for Hari — prāṇa breaks — great āśā arose"
लाविला उशीर बहुतीं बहु ओढिती ओढा "delays — by many — pulling ōḍhā"
सांभाळितां सांग असांग दुःख पावल्यें पीडा "managing right-wrong — I have suffered pīḍā"
जळो आतां संसारु "let samsāra burn"
कई शेवट पुरे "when will the end be enough?"
गोपाळालागीं जीव झुरे "for Gopāla — jīva burns"

What it means

A missed-the-meeting-time-jīva-burns abhang. Four claims:

  1. आलियें धांवति धांवति भेट होइल म्हुण — तंव ते टळली वेळ वो माझा उरला सीण — came running-running, thinking bhēṭi will happen — vēḷa has passed, śiṇa remained. The opening-lament: I came running, thinking thebhēṭiwill happen; but thevēḷa(time) has passed; myśiṇa(strain) remained. Missed-the-meeting; left only with strain.

  2. आतां काय करूं सांग वो मज भेटेल कैसा — हरिलागीं प्राण फुटे वो थोरी लागली आशा — now what to do, tell — how will He meet me? — for Hari, prāṇa breaks, great āśā arose. The desperation: what to do, tell me, how will He meet me? — for Hari, theprāṇabreaks; greatāśā(hope) has arisen. Hope and desperation together.

  3. लाविला उशीर बहुतीं बहु ओढिती ओढा — सांभाळितां सांग असांग दुःख पावल्यें पीडा — many delays by many, pulling currents — managing right-wrong, I have suffered pīḍā. The delay-cause: many people delayed me, pulling manyōḍhā(currents) at me; managingsānga-asānga(right-and-wrong) — I have sufferedpīḍā(anguish). Worldly-management caused the missed-meeting.

  4. जळो आतां संसारु वो कई शेवट पुरे — तुकयाच्या स्वामी गोपाळालागीं जीव झुरे — let samsāra burn — when will the end be enough — Tukya's svāmī Gopāla — for Him jīva burns. The closing-resolve: letsamsāraburn — when will the end be enough? — Tukya's svāmīGopāla — for Him, myjīvaburns. Samsāra-aversion and jīva-burning-for-Gopāla.

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For someone today

This verse captures the ache of running hard toward a meeting with the divine and arriving just after the moment has passed, left with nothing but exhaustion. It doesn't pretend that hope disappears with the disappointment; even after missing the moment, longing for Krishna keeps rising. It's honest that the delay wasn't really the speaker's fault: other people, other obligations, and the constant work of managing right and wrong pulled her away and caused real suffering. And it ends by naming what actually matters: let the tangle of daily life burn if it must, because the heart that longs for the divine will keep burning regardless.

मराठी: ही ओवी त्या वेदनेबद्दल आहे जेव्हा तुम्ही धावत जाऊनही भेटीची वेळ थोडक्यात हुकते आणि हातात फक्त थकवा उरतो. निराशा असूनही आशा संपत नाही, भेट चुकल्यानंतरही मनात ओढ पुन्हा उगवते, हे ही ओवी प्रामाणिकपणे मान्य करते. उशीर होण्यात खरंतर आपली चूक नव्हती, इतरांच्या अपेक्षा, जबाबदाऱ्या, बरोबर-चूक सांभाळण्याची रोजची धडपड यामुळेच उशीर झाला आणि यातून खरा त्रास झाला, हे ती स्पष्ट सांगते. आणि शेवटी ती खरी गोष्ट अधोरेखित करते, रोजचं जगणं जळून गेलं तरी चालेल, कारण देवाची ओढ असलेलं मन तसंही जळतच राहणार आहे.

Where this applies

Bhakti missed-meeting-time-passed

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