Abhanga 821
Honest exhaustion, laying down your burden, and giving body, speech, and mind fully to devotion are what earn the right to call on God urgently in a crisis.
The verse
अवघा वेंचलों इंद्रियांचे ओढी । जालें तें तें घडी निरोपिलें ॥१॥ असावा जी ठावा सेवेसी विचार । आपुला म्यां भार उतरिला ॥ध्रु.॥ कायावाचामनें तो चि निजध्यास । एथें जालों ओस भक्तिभावें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे करूं येईल धावणें । तरि नारायणें सांभाळावें ॥३॥
Literal translation
All — spent — indriya — ōḍhī — happened — each — ghaḍī — nirōpilē. Let — ṭhāvā — sēvā — vicāra — my own — bhāra — unloaded. Kāya-vāca-mana — nij-dhyāsa — ōsa — bhakti-bhāva. Tuka says: running — comes — Nārāyaṇa — protect.
मराठी: अवघा वेंचलों इंद्रियांचे-ओढी — जालें तें तें घडी निरोपिलें. असावा जी ठावा सेवेसी विचार — आपुला म्यां भार उतरिला. कायावाचा-मनें तो चि निज-ध्यास — एथें जालों ओस भक्ति-भावें. Tuka म्हणे: करूं येईल धावणें — तरि Nārāyaṇē सांभाळावें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अवघा वेंचलों इंद्रियांचे ओढी | "all — spent — indriya — ōḍhī" |
| जालें तें तें घडी निरोपिलें | "happened — each — ghaḍī — nirōpilē" |
| असावा जी ठावा सेवेसी विचार | "let — ṭhāvā — sēvā — vicāra" |
| आपुला म्यां भार उतरिला | "my own — bhāra — unloaded" |
| कायावाचामनें तो चि निजध्यास | "kāya-vāca-mana — nij-dhyāsa" |
| एथें जालों ओस भक्तिभावें | "ōsa — bhakti-bhāva" |
| करूं येईल धावणें | "running — comes" |
| तरि नारायणें सांभाळावें | "Nārāyaṇa — protect" |
What it means
A spent-in-indriyas-each-moment-reported-bhāra-unloaded-kāya-vāca-mana-nij-dhyāsa-deserted-in-bhakti-bhāva-Nārāyaṇa-protect abhang. Spent-and-unloaded-bhakti-bhāva register. Three claims:
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इंद्रियांचे-ओढी-वेंचलों — घडी-घडी-निरोपिलें — सेवा-विचार-ठावा — भार-उतरिला. Spent-and-bhāra-unloaded-claim. I am all spent (vēncalōm) in theindriyas'ōḍhī; what happened, eachghaḍī(moment), isnirōpilē(reported, told-truthfully); let thevicāraof-this be-ṭhāvāto (You) forsēvā; I have unloaded my ownbhāra. Spent-honestly-reported-bhāra-unloaded-to-You.
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Kāya-vāca-mana-nij-dhyāsa — ओस-bhakti-bhāva. Kāya-vāca-mana-deserted-claim. Kāya-vāca-mana — that-very nij-dhyāsa (one-pointed-attention);here I became ōsa (deserted, emptied) in bhakti-bhāva. Three-faculties-pointed-and-emptied-in-bhakti.
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Tuka: धावणें-येईल — Nārāyaṇa-सांभाळावें. When-running-Nārāyaṇa-protect-claim. Tuka says: whendhāvaṇa(running, urgent-need) comes; letNārāyaṇasāmbhāḷāvē(protect). When-running-comes-Nārāyaṇa-protect.
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For someone today
Tukaram admits he is completely worn out from being pulled around by his own senses, and instead of hiding that, he reports it honestly, moment by moment, to God. He does not pretend to have it together; he simply lays the whole burden down and asks that his effort be known and accepted as an offering of service. He gives his body, his speech, and his mind to one single focus, until he feels emptied out, hollowed by devotion rather than full of himself. And when the moment comes that he urgently needs help, his prayer is direct and simple: Nārāyaṇa, look after me now.
मराठी: तुकाराम स्वतःच कबूल करतात की ते इंद्रियांच्या ओढीने पार थकून गेले आहेत, आणि हे लपवण्याऐवजी ते प्रत्येक क्षणी प्रामाणिकपणे देवाला सांगतात. आपण सगळं सांभाळून आहोत असा आव न आणता, ते सगळा भार खाली उतरवून टाकतात आणि आपला हा प्रयत्न सेवा म्हणून मान्य व्हावा अशी विनवणी करतात. ते आपले शरीर, वाणी आणि मन एकाच ध्यासाला वाहतात, इतके की ते स्वतःच्या अहंकाराने भरलेले न राहता भक्तीने रिकामे, ओस झाल्यासारखे वाटू लागतात. आणि जेव्हा खरोखर तातडीने मदतीची गरज पडते, तेव्हा त्यांची प्रार्थना अगदी साधी आणि थेट असते — नारायणा, आता माझी काळजी घे.
Where this applies
- Spent-reported. Honest.
- Bhāra unloaded. Surrender.
- Running protection. Emergency.