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Abhanga 605

This abhang is a direct, honest plea to God: put an end to my suffering. Keep your mind fixed at his feet, let it dwell there in your thoughts, and nurture that childlike longing for him until it finally ripens into fruit. Tukaram trusts that this is simply what God does for the humble — he lifts the weariness off those who come to him low and tired.

When the bhakta asks for cutting-end of duḥkha — and you have to recognize this register
When vṛtti is kept at feet, vasti in mānasa — and you accept this discipline
When the laḷā is nourished and brought to phaḷa — and you receive this petition

The verse

करा नारायणा । माझ्या दुःखाची खंडणा ॥१॥ वृत्ति राखा पायांपाशीं । वस्ती धरूनि मानसीं ॥ध्रु.॥ पाळोनियां लळा । आतां पाववावें फळा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे दीनें । त्यांचा हरतिया सीण ॥३॥

Literal translation

Do, Nārāyaṇa — my duḥkha-khaṇḍana. Vṛtti — at feet — vasti — mānasa. Nourishing laḷā — bring to phaḷa. Tuka says: dīnā — siṇa — removed.

मराठी: करा नारायणा — माझ्या दुःखाची खंडणा. वृत्ति राखा पायांपाशीं — वस्ती धरूनि मानसीं. पाळोनियां लळा — आतां पाववावें फळा. तुकाराम म्हणतां — दीनें — त्यांचा हरतिया सीण.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
करा नारायणा "do, Nārāyaṇa"
माझ्या दुःखाची खंडणा "my duḥkha-khaṇḍana"
वृत्ति राखा पायांपाशीं "vṛtti — at feet"
वस्ती धरूनि मानसीं "vasti — mānasa"
पाळोनियां लळा "nourishing laḷā"
आतां पाववावें फळा "now — bring to phaḷa"
दीनें त्यांचा हरतिया सीण "dīnā — siṇa — removed"

What it means

A khaṇḍana-of-duḥkha-laḷā-to-phaḷa abhang. Petition register. Three claims:

  1. करा नारायणा — माझ्या दुःखाची खंडणा — do, Nārāyaṇa — my duḥkha-khaṇḍana. The opening-petition: do,Nārāyaṇa; thekhaṇḍana(cutting-end, cessation, breaking-off) of myduḥkha. Cut-my-duḥkha.

  2. वृत्ति राखा पायांपाशीं — वस्ती धरूनि मानसीं — पाळोनियां लळा — आतां पाववावें फळा — vṛtti — at feet — vasti — mānasa — nourishing laḷā — bring to phaḷa. The discipline-and-fruit-petition: keep thevṛtti(mind-attitude / mental-mode) at the feet; vasti (dwelling) — dharūnī (holding) in mānasa (mental-realm);nourishing (pāḷōnīyām) the laḷā (fond-tantrum, the bhakta's-childish-affection);now — pāvavāvēm (bring) it to phaḷa (fruit).Vṛtti-at-feet, vasti-in-mānasa, nourish-the-laḷā-and-bring-to-fruit.

  3. तुका म्हणे दीनें — त्यांचा हरतिया सीण — Tuka says: dīnā — siṇa — removed. The closing-dīnā-claim: Tuka says: of thedīna(lowly, humble); (He) removes thesiṇa(weariness). Dīnā's-weariness-removed-by-deva. Final-petition-and-claim.

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For someone today

This abhang is a direct, honest plea to God: put an end to my suffering. Keep your mind fixed at his feet, let it dwell there in your thoughts, and nurture that childlike longing for him until it finally ripens into fruit. Tukaram trusts that this is simply what God does for the humble — he lifts the weariness off those who come to him low and tired.

मराठी: हा अभंग देवाला केलेली एक थेट, प्रामाणिक विनवणी आहे: माझं दुःख संपव. तुमचं मन त्याच्या चरणांशी स्थिर ठेवा, ते तिथेच वस्ती करून राहू द्या, आणि त्याच्याविषयीची ती लहान मुलासारखी ओढ जपत राहा, जोपर्यंत ती अखेर फळाला येत नाही. तुकारामांचा विश्वास आहे की देव नम्र, थकलेल्यांचा भार असाच हलका करतो — जो कोणी लीन होऊन त्याच्याकडे येतो त्याचा शीण तो दूर करतो.

Where this applies

Bhakti

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