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Abhanga 448

What the Lord wills happens, so let yourself be guided like a mount carries its rider, and only real understanding, not mere chanting, turns an ordinary person into a true seeker.

When the deva himself becomes the rider — and you accept this image
When the one who understands becomes a darvesh — and you receive this transformation-claim

The verse

अल्ला करे सो होय बाबा करतारका सिरताज । गाउ बछरे तिस चलावे यारी बाघो न सात ॥१॥ ख्याल मेरा साहेबका । बाबा हुवा करतार । व्हांटें आघे चढे पीठ । आपे हुवा असुवार ॥२॥ जिकिर करो अल्लाकी बाबा सबल्यां अंदर भेस । कहे तुका जो नर बुझे सो हि भया दरवेस ॥३॥

Literal translation

Allah karē sō hōya — bābā — kartāra's crown — cow-calf, He drives — yārī-tiger, no seven. My khyāl of sāhēba — bābā became kartāra — in-front-and-behind, mounts the back — He became asuvāra. Jikira of Allah — bābā — all-bodies-inside vēsa. Tuka says: who bujhē — that one became darvēsa.

मराठी: अल्ला करे सो होय — बाबा करतारका सिरताज — गाउ बछरे तिस चलावे — यारी बाघो न सात. ख्याल मेरा साहेबका — बाबा हुवा करतार — व्हांटें आघे चढे पीठ — आपे हुवा असुवार. तुकाराम म्हणतां — जिकिर करो अल्लाकी — बाबा सबल्यां अंदर भेस — जो नर बुझे सो हि भया दरवेस.

Word-by-word gloss
Hindavi/Marathi Meaning
अल्ला करे सो होय "Allah karē sō hōya"
बाबा करतारका सिरताज "bābā — kartāra's crown"
गाउ बछरे तिस चलावे "cow-calf — He drives them"
यारी बाघो न सात "yārī-tiger no seven"
ख्याल मेरा साहेबका "my khyāl of sāhēba"
बाबा हुवा करतार "bābā became kartāra"
व्हांटें आघे चढे पीठ "in-front-and-behind, mounts the back"
आपे हुवा असुवार "He became asuvāra"
जिकिर करो अल्लाकी "do jikira of Allah"
बाबा सबल्यां अंदर भेस "bābā — all-bodies-inside vēsa"
जो नर बुझे सो हि भया दरवेस "who bujhē — that one became darvēsa"

What it means

A Hindavi-fakir Allah-karē-sō-hōya abhang. Continuation of the Hindavi-Sufi cluster. Three claims:

  1. अल्ला करे सो होय — बाबा करतारका सिरताज — गाउ बछरे तिस चलावे — यारी बाघो न सातAllah karē sō hōya — bābā kartāra-kā siratāja — cow-calf He drives — yārī-tiger no seven. The opening-claim: Allah does what He wills; bābā is the crown of thekartāra(Creator); He drives even cow and calf (= cattle, peaceable creatures); but no friendship-with-tiger and the seven (predators). Allah-as-creator-and-driver.

  2. ख्याल मेरा साहेबका — बाबा हुवा करतार — व्हांटें आघे चढे पीठ — आपे हुवा असुवारmy khyāl of sāhēba — bābā became kartāra — in-front-and-behind mounts the back — He became asuvāra. The deva-as-rider claim: mykhyāl(concern / mind) is of thesāhēba(Lord); bābā becamekartāra; in-front-and-behind, He mounts the back (= takes complete control);He himself became the asuvāra (rider).Allah is both Lord and Rider; the bhakta is the mount.

  3. जिकिर करो अल्लाकी — बाबा सबल्यां अंदर भेस — कहे तुका जो नर बुझे सो हि भया दरवेसdo jikira of Allah — bābā all-bodies-inside vēsa — Tuka says: who understands becomes darvēsa. The closing-claim: do thejikira(zikr) ofAllah; bābā is in all bodies as thevēsa(form); Tuka says: the man whobujhē(understands) — that one became adarvēsa(dervish, Sufi-mystic). Understanding-makes-darvesh.

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For someone today

This abhang teaches surrender to divine will: what the Lord wills, happens, so stop exhausting yourself fighting against it. It pictures God not as a distant ruler but as the rider who takes the reins of your life, guiding you the way a rider guides the mount beneath him. The practice it recommends is simple remembrance, repeating the divine name, while recognizing that same presence living inside every body you meet. But the abhang is careful to say chanting or hearing alone isn't the point. Only when you truly understand this does an ordinary person become a genuine seeker.

मराठी: हा अभंग ईश्वरेच्छेला शरण जाण्याची शिकवण देतो, जे परमेश्वर घडवतो तेच घडते, त्यामुळे त्याविरुद्ध झगडून स्वतःला थकवू नका. इथे परमेश्वर दूरचा राजा नसून तुमच्या आयुष्याचा लगाम हातात घेणारा स्वार आहे, जसा स्वार आपल्या वाहनाला मार्गदर्शन करतो. यात सुचवलेली साधना साधी आहे, परमेश्वराच्या नामाचे स्मरण करत राहा, आणि तीच उपस्थिती प्रत्येक व्यक्तीच्या आत आहे हे ओळखा. पण हा अभंग स्पष्ट सांगतो की केवळ जप किंवा ऐकणे पुरेसे नाही. जेव्हा तुम्हाला हे खरोखर समजते, तेव्हाच एक सामान्य माणूस खरा साधक बनतो.

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