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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 492 of 4582

Abhanga 492

This abhang is a wake-up call about how little time remains. The closing hour has arrived, so stay alert, all of you — act quickly, remember God quickly, clap your hands in devotion to him without delay. Once the very end actually comes, it will be too late to reach for his feet, so don't wait until then. There isn't much time left, so don't count on having forever — do it now.

When the līḷita-time has come and you must be alert — and you have to recognize this register
When clap the ṭāḷī to Viśvambhara — quickly — and you accept this urgency
When once avasāna comes the feet aren't caught — and you receive this warning

The verse

आली लळिताची वेळ । असा सावध सकळ ॥१॥ लाहो करा वेगीं स्मरा । टाळी वाउनि विश्वंभरा ॥ध्रु.॥ जालिया अवसान । न संपडती चरण ॥२॥ तुकयाबंधु म्हणे थोडें । अवधि उरली आहे पुढें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Līḷita-vēḷa has come — be sāvadha, all. Lāha karāsmara vēgīm — clap ṭāḷī to Viśvambhara. Once avasānacaraṇa not caught. Tukyā-bamdhu says: little — avadhi remains ahead.

मराठी: आली लळिताची वेळ — असा सावध सकळ. लाहो करा वेगीं स्मरा — टाळी वाउनि विश्वंभरा. जालिया अवसान — न संपडती चरण. तुकयाबंधु म्हणतां — थोडें अवधि उरली आहे पुढें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
आली लळिताची वेळ "līḷita-vēḷa has come"
असा सावध सकळ "be sāvadha — all"
लाहो करा वेगीं स्मरा "lāha karāsmara vēgīm"
टाळी वाउनि विश्वंभरा "clap ṭāḷī — to Viśvambhara"
जालिया अवसान न संपडती चरण "once avasāna comes — caraṇa not caught"
थोडें अवधि उरली आहे पुढें "little — avadhi remains ahead"

What it means

A short līḷita-time-urgency abhang. Second of the Tukyā-bamdhu (Kānhōbā) cluster (491-496). Three claims:

  1. आली लळिताची वेळ — असा सावध सकळlīḷita-vēḷa has come — be sāvadha, all. The opening-warning: thelīḷita-vēḷa(closing-festival-time, the end-of-life moment) has arrived; besāvadha(alert), all of you. End-warning to all.

  2. लाहो करा वेगीं स्मरा — टाळी वाउनि विश्वंभराlāha karā — smara vēgīm — clap ṭāḷī to Viśvambhara. The quick-action call: do quickly (lāha karā); remember (smara) quickly; clap theṭāḷī(cymbal) toViśvambhara. Quick-remembrance + cymbal-clap.

  3. जालिया अवसान — न संपडती चरणonce avasāna — caraṇa not caught. The time-window-warning: onceavasāna(final-end) comes; thecaraṇa(deva's feet) cannot be caught (any longer). Window closes at avasāna.

  4. तुकयाबंधु म्हणे थोडें — अवधि उरली आहे पुढेंTukyā-bamdhu says: little — avadhi remains ahead. The closing-emergency: Tukyā-bamdhu says: littleavadhi(time-period) remains ahead. Time-running-out claim.

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For someone today

This abhang is a wake-up call about how little time remains. The closing hour has arrived, so stay alert, all of you — act quickly, remember God quickly, clap your hands in devotion to him without delay. Once the very end actually comes, it will be too late to reach for his feet, so don't wait until then. There isn't much time left, so don't count on having forever — do it now.

मराठी: हा अभंग किती कमी वेळ उरला आहे याची जाग आणून देणारा आहे. शेवटची घडी येऊन ठेपली आहे, म्हणून सगळ्यांनी सावध राहा — पटकन कृती करा, पटकन देवाचं स्मरण करा, विलंब न करता भक्तिभावाने टाळी वाजवा. एकदा खरोखर शेवट आला की मग त्याचे चरण गाठणं शक्य होणार नाही, म्हणून तोपर्यंत थांबू नका. फार वेळ उरलेला नाही, त्यामुळे अमर्याद वेळ आहे असं गृहीत धरू नका — आताच करा.

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