Abhanga 864
God is a partisan protector who carries his grace for you personally, rescuing you the instant real trouble, drowning or burning, reaches you.
The verse
उधाराचा संदेह नाहीं । याचा कांहीं सेवकां ॥१॥ पांडुरंग अभिमानी । जीवदानी कोंवसा ॥ध्रु.॥ बुडतां जळीं जळतां अंगीं । ते प्रसंगीं राखावें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आम्हांसाटीं । कृपा पोटीं वागवी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Udhāra-sandēha — none — sēvaka. Pāṇḍuranga — abhimānī — jīva-dānī — kōvasā. Buḍatām-jaḷa — jaḷatām-anga — prasanga — protect. Tuka says: for-us — kṛpā — pōṭī — vāgavī.
मराठी: उधाराचा संदेह नाहीं — याचा सेवकांना कांहीं. Pāṇḍuranga अभिमानी — जीव-दानी, कोंवसा. बुडतां जळीं, जळतां अंगीं — त्या प्रसंगीं राखावें. Tuka म्हणे: आम्हां-साटीं — पोटीं कृपा वागवी.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| उधाराचा संदेह नाहीं | "udhāra — sandēha — none" |
| याचा कांहीं सेवकां | "of-this — anything — sēvaka" |
| पांडुरंग अभिमानी | "Pāṇḍuranga — abhimānī" |
| जीवदानी कोंवसा | "jīva-dānī — kōvasā" |
| बुडतां जळीं जळतां अंगीं | "buḍatām — jaḷa — jaḷatām — anga" |
| ते प्रसंगीं राखावें | "tē prasangī — protect" |
| आम्हांसाटीं | "for-us" |
| कृपा पोटीं वागवी | "kṛpā — pōṭī — vāgavī" |
What it means
A no-doubt-of-debt-for-sēvakas-Pāṇḍuranga-partisan-jīva-dānī-shelter-when-drowning-burning-protects-carries-kṛpā-in-belly-for-our-sake abhang. Kṛpā-in-belly-for-our-sake register. Three claims:
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उधाराचा-संदेह-नाहीं — सेवकांना — Pāṇḍuranga-अभिमानी — जीव-दानी-कोंवसा. No-debt-doubt-Pāṇḍuranga-partisan-claim. There is nosandēhaofudhāra(debt-postponement, doubt-about-being-paid-later); for thesesēvakas, no such doubt; Pāṇḍuranga is abhimānī (proud-of-his-own, the partisan-protector who takes-our-side);the jīva-dānī (life-giver) and kōvasā (shelter — kōvasā = a thicket / a hide-out, used in Marathi for safe-shelter).No-doubt; partisan-protector; jīva-giver-and-shelter.
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बुडतां-जळीं — जळतां-अंगीं — प्रसंगीं-राखावें. Protects-when-drowning-or-burning-claim. When (we are) drowning injaḷa; when (we are) burning on theanga; attē prasangī(such an occasion), Herākhāvē (protects).Drowning-or-burning: He-protects. (Two-emergency-types — water-drowning and fire-burning — He intervenes at-the-moment-of-need.)
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Tuka: आम्हां-साटीं — पोटीं-कृपा-वागवी. Carries-kṛpā-in-belly-for-our-sake-claim. Tuka says: for-our-sake—(He) vāgavī (carries / bears) kṛpā in His pōṭī (belly).Carries-kṛpā-in-belly-for-us. (Tender image: Hari carrieskṛpāin His ownpōṭī— like a mother-carries-the-child or like-a-merchant-carries-the-stock —for our sake. Thevāgavīverb suggestsbearing-around (with-Him).)
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For someone today
This verse says devotees never need to doubt whether God will make good on his promise, the way you might worry about a debt someone owes you. Pandurang takes your side completely, he is your life giver and your shelter. When you are drowning or burning, in whatever crisis reaches you, he steps in and protects you right at that moment. Tukaram pictures this tenderly: God carries his grace for you the way a mother carries her child, close to himself, for your sake alone.
मराठी: ही ओवी सांगते की भक्तांनी देवाच्या वचनावर कर्जासारखी शंका बाळगण्याची गरज नाही. पांडुरंग पूर्णपणे आपली बाजू घेतो, तोच जीवनदाता आहे आणि आश्रयही तोच आहे. आपण बुडत असू किंवा जळत असू, कोणत्याही संकटाच्या क्षणी तो धावून येऊन रक्षण करतो. तुकाराम अत्यंत हळुवारपणे सांगतात की देव आपल्यासाठी आपली कृपा आपल्या पोटात, जवळ बाळगून ठेवतो, जशी आई आपल्या मुलाला जवळ बाळगते.
Where this applies
- Partisan-protector. Abhimānī.
- Emergency-rescue. Drowning-burning.
- Carries-kṛpā. Tender-bearing.