Abhanga 715
Offer whatever comes to you back in service without strain or pride, and don't let tiredness with that service create distance from God.
The verse
जें जें जेथें पावे । तें तें समर्पावें सेवे ॥१॥ सहज पूजा या चि नांवें । गळित अभिमानें व्हावें ॥ध्रु.॥ अवघें भोगितां गोसावी । आदीं आवसानीं जीवी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सिण । न धरितां नव्हे भिन्न ॥३॥
Literal translation
Whatever-wherever — pāvē — samarpāvē sēvē. Sahaja-pūjā — by this very name — gaḷita-of-abhimāna become. Avaghē bhōgitām gōsāvī — ādi-avasāna jīva. Tuka says: sīṇa — na dharitām navhē bhinna.
मराठी: जें-जें जेथें पावे — तें-तें सेवेला समर्पावें. याच नांवाने सहज-पूजा — गळित-अभिमानें व्हावें. अवघें भोगितां गोसावी — आदीं-आवसानीं जीवीं. Tuka म्हणे: सिण — न धरितां नव्हे भिन्न.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| जें जें जेथें पावे | "whatever — wherever — pāvē (is gained)" |
| तें तें समर्पावें सेवे | "samarpāvē sēvē" |
| सहज पूजा या चि नांवें | "sahaja-pūjā — yā ci nāmvē" |
| गळित अभिमानें व्हावें | "gaḷita abhimāna — become" |
| अवघें भोगितां गोसावी | "avaghē bhōgitām gōsāvī" |
| आदीं आवसानीं जीवी | "ādi-avasānī jīvī" |
| सिण | "sīṇa" |
| न धरितां नव्हे भिन्न | "na dharitām — nahvē bhinna" |
What it means
A whatever-wherever-gained-offer-to-sēvā-sahaja-pūjā-gaḷita-abhimāna-gōsāvī-ādi-avasānī-jīvī abhang. Sahaja-pūjā-gaḷita-abhimāna register. Three claims:
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जें-जेथें-पावे — सेवेला समर्पावें — सहज-पूजा — गळित-अभिमान. Whatever-gained-offer-sahaja-pūjā-gaḷita-abhimāna-claim. Whatever-wherever-is-pāvē(gained, attained, obtained) —that-that-should-be-samarpāvē (offered) to sēvā; thesahaja-pūjā(natural / spontaneous worship) is by-this-very-name (this very-act has-the-name sahaja-pūjā); to becomegaḷita-of-abhimāna(one-from-whom-abhimāna has dripped-and-fallen). Whatever-gained-offer-to-sēvā = sahaja-pūjā = gaḷita-abhimāna. (The gaḷita image: abhimāna drips down off the body like water from clothes — let it fall.)
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अवघें भोगितां गोसावी — आदीं-आवसानीं जीवीं. Gōsāvī-enjoys-all-claim. Thegōsāvī (the Lord, the Master)enjoys (bhōgitām) everything; atādi(beginning) andavasāna(end / completion), in thejīva. The-Lord-enjoys-everything-at-both-ends-of-the-jīva-life.
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Tuka: सिण — न धरितां नव्हे भिन्न. Sīṇa-not-held-no-bhinna-claim. Tuka says:sīṇa(fatigue, distress, tiredness); whenna dharitām(not-held / not-clung-to),navhē bhinna(there is nobhinna— separation, division). When-fatigue-isn't-held, there's-no-separation. (Reading: when the bhakta doesn't cling to fatigue/tiredness in the sēvā, the relation is unbroken; fatigue-as-cause-of-separation doesn't operate.)
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For someone today
Whatever comes to you, wherever it comes from, is not just for keeping to yourself — offer it back in service. Living this way, naturally and without strain, is itself worship, and your pride quietly drips away like water off wet clothes. God is present with you the whole way through, from the beginning to the end of your life, taking part in it all. Tukaram adds a simple truth: when you don't hold onto tiredness or resentment about the effort, nothing ever really separates you from God.
मराठी: जे काही आणि जिथून कुठून तुम्हाला मिळतं, ते फक्त स्वतःसाठी ठेवायचं नसतं — ते सेवेत अर्पण करावं. असं सहज, आपोआप जगणं हीच खरी पूजा आहे, आणि त्यातून तुमचा अहंकार पाण्यासारखा हळूहळू निथळून जातो. देव सुरुवातीपासून शेवटपर्यंत तुमच्या आयुष्यात सोबत असतो, सगळं अनुभवत असतो. तुकाराम म्हणतात, सेवा करताना येणारा शीण जर तुम्ही मनाला चिकटवला नाही, तर देवापासून कधीच वेगळेपणा येत नाही.
Where this applies
- Whatever gained —samarpāvē. Sahaja-offering.
- Gaḷita abhimāna. Drip-off-image.
- No-sīṇa— nobhinna. Discipline.