Abhanga 588

When you make Pāṇḍuranga your true companion, every other attachment loses its hold, he enjoys life on your behalf, and the contentment that follows needs nothing more added to it.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A avīṭa-sanga-Pāṇḍuranga-enjoys-all abhang. Made-deva-the-companion register. Three claims:

1. पावे ऐसा नाश — अवघियां दिला त्रास — nāśa reaches — all — trāsa given. The opening-effect-claim: suchnāśa(destruction) reaches;all (other-attachments) are given trāsa (distress).The bhakti-state destroys all-other-attachments.Dis-attachment-as-by-product.

2. अविटाचा केला संग — सर्व भोगी पांडुरंग — avīṭa — sanga — all — bhōga — Pāṇḍuranga. The avīṭa-companion-claim: (I) have madesangawith theavīṭa(the un-staling, never-stale = the deva); all (thebhōga) are enjoyed byPāṇḍuranga. Companion-with-the-avīṭa-deva-enjoys-all-on-my-behalf. (Compare 0578 thōḍē-parī-nīrē-avīṭa — same avīṭa-priority but here as sanga-claim.)

3. आइता च पाक — संयोगाचा सकळिक — तुका म्हणे धणी — सीमा राहिली होऊनी — ready-pāka — samyōga — all — dhaṇī — sīmā remained. The closing-fulfillment-claim: theāitā-cī pāka(ready-made cooked-meal = the bhakti-meal already prepared by the deva); bysamyōga(combination, union) of all; Tuka says:dhaṇī(master / completeness / satisfaction); sīmā (limit) remained — hōūnī (having-become).Satisfaction-reached-its-limit; nothing-more-to-attain.Bhakti-pāka-is-already-prepared.

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For someone today

Tukaram describes what happens once bhakti truly takes hold: every other attachment you were clinging to starts to lose its grip and causes you distress instead of comfort, because you've made your real companionship with the one who never grows stale, Pāṇḍuranga. Once that companionship is made, he says, Pāṇḍuranga himself enjoys everything on your behalf, so you no longer need to grasp at pleasures yourself. The meal, so to speak, is already cooked and waiting; everything has come together, and your sense of satisfaction has reached its natural limit. There's nothing more to chase, because it's already been provided.

मराठी: तुकाराम इथे सांगतात की खरी भक्ती रुजली की इतर सगळ्या आसक्ती हळूहळू सैल होत जातात आणि त्या आता सुख न देता त्रासच देतात, कारण खरी सोबत आपण त्या कधीही न शिळ्या होणाऱ्या पांडुरंगाशी केलेली असते. एकदा ही सोबत झाली की पांडुरंगच आपल्या वतीने सगळं भोगतो, त्यामुळे सुखासाठी स्वतः धावाधाव करायची गरज उरत नाही. जणू जेवण आधीच तयार आहे, सगळं आपोआप जुळून आलेलं आहे, आणि समाधान आपल्या पूर्ण मर्यादेपर्यंत पोचलेलं आहे. आता आणखी काही मिळवायचं उरतच नाही, कारण ते आधीच दिलेलं आहे.

Where this applies

• Nāśa destroys others. Effect.
• Avīṭasanga; deva enjoys. Vicarious.
• Ready-pāka. Already-prepared.
• Dhaṇī sīmā. Satisfaction-limit.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2464 — For today: Pāṇḍuranga is sukha-rūpa ; no wandering, no shaving, no sādhana-pressure ; Chan
• Abhanga 2494 — Living in devotion turns an ordinary day into a festival and removes the fear of birth and
• Abhanga 4481 — Tukaram promises that sincerely calling on the Lord's name, knowingly or unknowingly, with
• Abhanga 4482 — Tukaram teaches that no ritual equals sincerely speaking the Lord's name, that self-center