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Abhanga 732

Tukaram pleads: catch hold of me, I am drowning in the ocean of worldly existence — don't weigh me down by counting up my mountains of faults. Instead, live up to what You are known for; uphold Your own reputation as the saviour of the fallen. Tuka admits: I am guilty, a whole heap of sins piled together.

When drowning in bhava-ocean — catch hold of me — and you have to recognize this register
When don't take a load looking at doṣa-mountains — and you accept this image
When uphold Your bridāvalī; I am a heap of pātakas — and you receive this final petition

The verse

बुडतां आवरीं । मज भवाचे सागरीं ॥१॥ नको मानूं भार । पाहों दोषांचे डोंगर ॥ध्रु.॥ आहे तें सांभाळीं । तुझी कैसी ब्रीदावळी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे दोषी । मी तों पातकांची राशी ॥३॥

Literal translation

Drowning — āvarī — me — bhava-sāgara. Don't — take — bhāra — looking — dōṣāmcē ḍōngara. Uphold what is — what is Your bridā-vaḷī? Tuka says: dōṣī — I — pātakāmcī rāśi.

मराठी: बुडतांना आवरी — मज भव-सागरीं. भार मानूं नकोस — दोषांचे डोंगर पाहत. आहें तें सांभाळी — तुझी कैसी bridā-वळी?. Tuka म्हणे: dōṣī — मी पातकांची राशी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
बुडतां आवरीं "drowning — āvarī (catch-hold)"
मज भवाचे सागरीं "me — bhava-sāgara"
नको मानूं भार "don't — take — bhāra"
पाहों दोषांचे डोंगर "looking — dōṣāmcē ḍōngara"
आहे तें सांभाळीं "is — sāmbhāḷī"
तुझी कैसी ब्रीदावळी "Your — what — bridā-vaḷī?"
दोषी "dōṣī"
मी तों पातकांची राशी "I — pātakāmcī rāśi"

What it means

A drowning-in-bhava-ocean-don't-look-at-doṣa-mountains-uphold-Your-bridāvalī-I-am-pātaka-heap abhang. Drowning-petition register. Three claims:

  1. बुडतांना-आवरी — भव-सागरीं — भार-मानूं-नकोस — दोष-डोंगर. Drowning-don't-take-load-claim. Catch hold of (āvarī) (me) — drowning — in thebhava-sāgara; don't take abhāra(load, weight, count) — looking at thedōṣāmcē ḍōngara(mountains-of-doṣa). Catch-me-drowning; don't-be-stopped-by-the-doṣa-mountains.

  2. आहें-तें-सांभाळी — तुझी-bridā-वळी कैसी. Uphold-Your-bridāvalī-claim. Uphold (sāmbhāḷī) what you-are (āhē-tē); what (कैसी) is yourbridā-vaḷī(the line ofbridā— titles, honor-claims, the saviour-of-the-fallen brand)?. Uphold-Your-honor-titles. (The bridāvalī — the recital-list of God's-saving-deeds — is invoked: if You are renowned as the saviour, save me.)

  3. Tuka: दोषी — मी पातकांची राशी. I-am-pātaka-heap-claim. Tuka says:dōṣī(faulty); I am thepātakāmcī rāśi(heap-of-pātakas — sins). I-am-a-heap-of-pātakas.

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For someone today

Tukaram pleads: catch hold of me, I am drowning in the ocean of worldly existence — don't weigh me down by counting up my mountains of faults. Instead, live up to what You are known for; uphold Your own reputation as the saviour of the fallen. Tuka admits: I am guilty, a whole heap of sins piled together.

मराठी: तुकाराम विनवतात, मला सावर, मी संसार-सागरात बुडत आहे — माझ्या दोषांचे डोंगर पाहून त्याचा भार माझ्यावर टाकू नकोस. उलट, तू जो आहेस तसा राहा — पतितांना तारणारा म्हणून तुझी जी कीर्ती आहे ती सांभाळ. तुका कबूल करतात, मी दोषी आहे, पातकांची नुसती रास आहे.

Where this applies

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