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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 739 of 4582

Abhanga 739

You do not have to be flawless to ask for protection, admit your faults honestly, cry out sincerely, and offer the true devotion you actually have.

When what is not done by You? — protect my honor — and you have to recognize this register
When I am a heap of aparādhas from head to toe — and you accept this image
When trāhē-trāhē — accept the true sēvā — and you receive this final cry

The verse

काय नव्हे करितां तुज । आतां राखें माझी लाज ॥१॥ मी तों अपराधाची राशी । शिखा अंगुष्ट तोंपाशीं ॥ध्रु.॥ त्राहें त्राहें त्राहें । मज कृपादृष्टी पाहें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे देवा । सत्या घ्यावी आतां सेवा ॥३॥

Literal translation

What — navhē karitām — by-You? — protect my lāja. I am — aparādha-rāśi — śikhā-anguṣṭa (top-knot to toe-tip). Trāhē trāhē trāhē — kṛpā-dṛṣṭi — look. Tuka says: deva — satyā — accept sēvā.

मराठी: काय न-होय करितां तुज — आतां राखें माझी लाज. मी तर अपराधाची राशी — शिखा-अंगुष्ट-पासून-तोंपर्यंत. त्राहें-त्राहें-त्राहें — कृपा-दृष्टीने पाहें मज. Tuka म्हणे: देवा — सत्या सेवा घ्यावी आतां.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
काय नव्हे करितां तुज "what — navhē karitām — by-You"
आतां राखें माझी लाज "now — protect — my lāja"
मी तों अपराधाची राशी "I — aparādha-rāśi"
शिखा अंगुष्ट तोंपाशीं "śikhā — anguṣṭa — to"
त्राहें त्राहें त्राहें "trāhē trāhē trāhē"
मज कृपादृष्टी पाहें "me — kṛpā-dṛṣṭi — look"
सत्या घ्यावी आतां सेवा "satyā — accept — sēvā"

What it means

A what-is-not-done-by-You-protect-my-honor-trāhē-trāhē-accept-true-sēvā abhang. Trāhē-trāhē register. Three claims:

  1. काय न-होय-करितां-तुज — माझी-लाज-राखें — मी-अपराध-राशी — शिखा-अंगुष्ट-पर्यंत. What-is-not-done-by-You-claim. What is not-done by You? — = nothing is impossible for You; now, protect mylāja(honor, face, reputation); I am theaparādhācī rāśi(heap-of-aparādhas / faults); fromśikhā(top-knot of hair) toanguṣṭa(toe-tip) — = head-to-toe. Nothing-impossible-for-You-protect-my-honor-because-I-am-fault-heap-from-head-to-toe.

  2. त्राहें-त्राहें-त्राहें — कृपा-दृष्टीने पाहे. Trāhē-trāhē-kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-claim. Trāhē trāhē trāhē (the classical three-fold save! cry of Sanskrit hymns);look on me with kṛpā-dṛṣṭi (compassion-gaze).Three-fold-save-cry-and-kṛpā-gaze.

  3. Tuka: देवा — सत्या-सेवा-आतां-घ्यावी. Accept-true-sēvā-claim. Tuka says:deva; accept thetrue sēvā now.Take-the-true-sēvā(the true / sincere sēvā that I bring).

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For someone today

Tukaram asks: what is beyond Your power to do? Nothing is impossible for You, so now protect my honor. He confesses he is a heap of faults from the crown of his head to the tip of his toe. He cries out three times, save me, save me, save me, and begs God to look on him with a merciful eye. Tuka says: Lord, accept now the sincere devotion I truly offer.

मराठी: तुकाराम विचारतात, तुझ्याने न होणारे असे काय आहे? तुझ्यासाठी काहीच अशक्य नाही, म्हणून आता माझी लाज राख. ते कबूल करतात की, डोक्यापासून पायाच्या अंगठ्यापर्यंत ते नुसती अपराधांची रास आहेत. ते तीनदा आर्त हाक मारतात — त्राहे, त्राहे, त्राहे — आणि देवाला कृपादृष्टीने पाहण्याची विनंती करतात. तुका म्हणतात, हे देवा, आता माझी खरीखुरी सेवा स्वीकार.

Where this applies

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