Abhanga 602
The same power that sustains the whole universe without tiring cares for even the most hidden creature, so hand your burden to that ocean of compassion and trust it will not be neglected.
The verse
त्रैलोक्य पाळितां उबगला नाहीं । आमचें त्या काई असे ओझें ॥१॥ पाषाणाचे पोटीं बैसला दर्दुर । तया मुखीं चार कोण घाली ॥ध्रु.॥ पक्षी अजगर न करी संचित । तयासि अनंत प्रतिपाळी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे तया भार घातलिया । उपेक्षीना दयासिंधु माझा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Trailokya — ubagalā not — our — ojhē — what? Pāṣāṇa-pōṭa — dardura — mukha — cāra — who? Pakṣī-ajagara — no samcita — Anamta protects. Tuka says: bhāra placed — upekṣē not — dayā-sindhu.
मराठी: त्रैलोक्य पाळितां उबगला नाहीं — आमचें त्या काई असे ओझें?. पाषाणाचे पोटीं बैसला दर्दुर — तया मुखीं चार कोण घाली?. पक्षी अजगर न करी संचित — तयासि अनंत प्रतिपाळी. तुकाराम म्हणतां — तया भार घातलिया — उपेक्षीना दयासिंधु माझा.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| त्रैलोक्य पाळितां उबगला नाहीं | "trailokya — ubagalā not" |
| आमचें त्या काई असे ओझें | "our — ojhē — what?" |
| पाषाणाचे पोटीं बैसला दर्दुर | "pāṣāṇa-pōṭa — dardura" |
| तया मुखीं चार कोण घाली | "mukha — cāra — who puts?" |
| पक्षी अजगर न करी संचित | "pakṣī-ajagara — no samcita" |
| तयासि अनंत प्रतिपाळी | "Anamta protects" |
| तया भार घातलिया | "bhāra — placed" |
| उपेक्षीना दयासिंधु माझा | "upekṣē — dayā-sindhu" |
What it means
A famous dayā-sindhu-frog-in-stone-bird-snake-no-samcita abhang. Three classical-images of deva-care for the helpless. Three claims:
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त्रैलोक्य पाळितां उबगला नाहीं — आमचें त्या काई असे ओझें — trailokya — ubagalā not — our — ojhē — what? The opening-fortiori-claim: He didn'tubagalā(tire, weary, get-fed-up) maintainingtrailokya(the three-worlds); whatojhē(weight, burden) of ours is on Him? Three-worlds-don't-tire-Him; our-weight-is-nothing. Fortiori-from-cosmic-to-individual.
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पाषाणाचे पोटीं बैसला दर्दुर — तया मुखीं चार कोण घाली — pāṣāṇa-pōṭa — dardura — mukha — cāra — who? The frog-in-stone-image: thedardura(frog) sits in thepāṣāṇa-pōṭa(stone's-belly = inside a stone, in geological-cavity); who putscāra(food) in hismukha?The-deva-feeds-the-frog-in-the-stone. (The folk-belief: frogs are sometimes-found alive inside-stones, having lived-there for ages; their feeding is the deva's-mystery.)
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पक्षी अजगर न करी संचित — तयासि अनंत प्रतिपाळी — तुका म्हणे तया भार घातलिया — उपेक्षीना दयासिंधु माझा — pakṣī-ajagara — no samcita — Anamta protects — Tuka says: bhāra placed — upekṣē not — dayā-sindhu. The bird-snake-no-samcita-claim and closing: pakṣī (bird) and ajagara (python)don't makesamcita(food-storage); Anamta (the Endless = Viṣṇu) pratipāḷī (protects, sustains) them;Tuka says: when bhāra (load, burden) is placed on Him;(He) doesn't upekṣē (neglect, overlook);(my) dayā-sindhu (ocean-of-compassion).Don't-store; the-Endless-supplies; the-dayā-sindhu-doesn't-neglect-the-burden-placed.
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For someone today
If God can sustain the three worlds without ever growing tired, your own worries are no weight at all to Him. Tukaram points to the frog that somehow lives inside solid stone and still gets fed, and to the birds and snakes that never store up food yet never starve, because the Endless keeps providing for them. His point is simple: nothing is too hidden or too small to be cared for. So place your burden on that ocean of compassion, and trust that it will not be ignored.
मराठी: जो त्रैलोक्य सांभाळताना कधीच थकत नाही, त्याला आपली काळजी म्हणजे काहीच ओझं नाही. तुकाराम सांगतात, दगडाच्या पोटात राहणारा बेडूकही कोणीतरी खाऊ घालतं, आणि पक्षी व साप कधी साठवण करत नाहीत तरी उपाशी राहत नाहीत, कारण तो अनंत त्यांचं पालनपोषण करत असतो. म्हणजे कुठलंही जीव इतकं लपलेलं किंवा छोटं नाही की त्याची काळजी घेतली जात नाही. म्हणून आपलं ओझं त्या दयासिंधूवर टाका, आणि विश्वास ठेवा की तो त्याकडे दुर्लक्ष करणार नाही.
Where this applies
- Trailokya doesn't tire deva. Fortiori.
- Frog in stone fed. Hidden-care.
- Bird-snake no-storage. Trust-supply.
- Dayā-sindhu doesn't neglect. Burden-placed.