Abhanga 689
Tukaram says he never set out deliberately to carry his message from place to place; it was the wind, sent by his powerful Father, that carried it. Even the voice that speaks isn't fully his own, it moves by someone else's authority. Realizing this, that you are not the sole author of your own reach and words, is exactly what dissolves fear. If you're not carrying the whole weight of the outcome alone, you have nothing to be afraid of.
The verse
कोण सांगायास । गेलें होतें देशोदेश ॥१॥ नेलें वार्यां हातीं माप । समर्थ तो माझा बाप ॥ध्रु.॥ कोणाची हे सत्ता । जाली वाचा वदविता ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे या निश्चयें । माझें निरसलें भय ॥३॥
Literal translation
Who went country-to-country to tell? — wind carried the māpa in (its) hand — samartha — that's my bāpa. Whose sattā — has-made the vāca speak? Tuka says: by this niścaya — my bhaya is dissolved.
मराठी: कोण देशोदेशी सांगायला गेलं? — वाऱ्याने माप हातीं नेलं — समर्थ तो माझा बाप. कोणाची सत्ता — वाचा बोलवीत आहे?. Tuka म्हणे: ह्या निश्चयाने — माझें भय निरसलें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| कोण सांगायास गेलें होतें देशोदेश | "who went — country-to-country — to tell?" |
| नेलें वार्यां हातीं माप | "wind — carried — māpa — in hand" |
| समर्थ तो माझा बाप | "samartha — that — my bāpa (Father)" |
| कोणाची हे सत्ता | "whose — sattā" |
| जाली वाचा वदविता | "vāca — has-spoken" |
| या निश्चयें | "by this niścaya" |
| माझें निरसलें भय | "my — nirasalē bhaya" |
What it means
A who-went-country-to-country-wind-carried-the-māpa-samartha-bāpa-niścaya-fear-dissolved abhang. No-self-effort-no-fear register. Three claims:
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कोण देशोदेशी गेलं? — वाऱ्याने माप नेलं — समर्थ बाप. No-self-going-claim. Who went country-to-country tosāngāyāsa(tell, spread the message)? (= no-one went deliberately);the vāra (wind) carried the māpa (měasure / the bhakta's-měasure-of-bhajan-and-vāṇī) in its hand;the samartha (powerful / capable) One — that's my bāpa (Father).No-deliberate-going; the wind-of-the-Father carried the bhakta-měasure. (Themāpaconnects-back to 0688 — Tuka is themāpa, and now the wind, sent by the Father, carries themāpacountry-to-country. Tuka didn'tgo; the windcarried him.)
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कोणाची सत्ता — वाचा बोलवीत आहे? Whose-sattā-vāca-speaks-claim. Whosesattā(power, authority) — has-made thevācaspeak?. The vāca speaks because of His sattā. (Implied answer: His. The bhakta is not the speaker; some-other-sattā is.)
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Tuka: निश्चयाने — भय निरसलें. Niścaya-fear-dissolved-claim. Tuka says: by thisniścaya (certainty, conclusion) — my bhaya (fear) is nirasalē (dissolved).Niścaya-of-no-self-effort-dissolves-fear.Once-the-bhakta-realizes-the-Father-carries-everything, fear-goes.
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For someone today
Tukaram says he never set out deliberately to carry his message from place to place; it was the wind, sent by his powerful Father, that carried it. Even the voice that speaks isn't fully his own, it moves by someone else's authority. Realizing this, that you are not the sole author of your own reach and words, is exactly what dissolves fear. If you're not carrying the whole weight of the outcome alone, you have nothing to be afraid of.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की आपला संदेश गावोगावी नेण्यासाठी ते स्वतः मुद्दाम गेले नाहीत, तर समर्थ बापाने पाठवलेल्या वाऱ्यानेच ते नेले. जी वाणी बोलते तीसुद्धा पूर्णपणे स्वतःची नाही, ती दुसऱ्याच्या सत्तेने बोलते. आपण आपल्या प्रभावाचे आणि शब्दांचे एकटे कर्ता नाही आहोत हे लक्षात आल्यानेच भय नाहीसे होते. संपूर्ण भार एकट्याने उचलायचा नसेल, तर घाबरण्याचे काही कारण उरत नाही.
Where this applies
- Wind carriedmāpa. No-self-going.
- Whosesattā. Questioning.
- Niścayē — bhaya nirasalē. Fear-dissolved.