Abhanga 871
God has compassion for the helpless and shelters them through the Name, and this well-being is easy to reach, asking only that you place your heart at God's feet.
The verse
अनाथांची तुम्हां दया । पंढरीराया येतसे ॥१॥ ऐसी ऐकोनियां कीर्ति । बहु विश्रांति पावलों ॥ध्रु.॥ अनाथांच्या धांवा घरा । नामें करा कुडावा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सवघड हित । ठेवूं चित्त पायांपें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Anātha — You — dayā — Paṇḍharī-rāyā. Kīrti — viśrānti. Anātha — gharā — dhāvā. Nāma — kuḍāvā. Tuka says: savaghaḍa — hita — citta — pāyām-pē.
मराठी: अनाथांची तुम्हां दया — पंढरी-राया येतसे (अशी कीर्ति). अशी कीर्ति ऐकोनियां — बहु विश्रांति पावलों. अनाथांच्या घरा धांवा — नामेंकरून कुडावा (कुंपण-आश्रय) करा. Tuka म्हणे: सवघड (सोपं) हित — चित्त पायांपें ठेवूं.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अनाथांची तुम्हां दया | "anātha — You — dayā" |
| पंढरीराया येतसे | "Paṇḍharī-rāyā — yētasē" |
| ऐसी ऐकोनियां कीर्ति | "such — hearing — kīrti" |
| बहु विश्रांति पावलों | "much — viśrānti — came" |
| अनाथांच्या धांवा घरा | "anātha — dhāvā — gharā" |
| नामें करा कुडावा | "nāma — kuḍāvā" |
| सवघड हित | "savaghaḍa — hita" |
| ठेवूं चित्त पायांपें | "place — citta — pāyām-pē" |
What it means
A You-have-dayā-for-anātha-Paṇḍharī-rāyā-hearing-kīrti-viśrānti-run-to-anātha-home-Name-haven-easy-hita-citta-at-feet abhang. Anātha-protector-easy-hita register. Three claims:
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अनाथांची-दया — Paṇḍharī-राया-येतसे — कीर्ति-ऐकून-विश्रांति. Anātha-dayā-and-viśrānti-claim. You havedayāfor theanātha; OPaṇḍharī-rāyā, this yētasē (this comes — this is what is known of-You);hearing such kīrti, I have come to much viśrānti. Anātha-protector; hearing-this-brings-rest.
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अनाथांच्या-धांवा-घरा — नामेंकरून-कुडावा. Run-to-anātha-home-Name-haven-claim. (Hari, You) run to thegharāof theanāthas; bynāmamake akuḍāvā (a haven, a hedge / fence — a sheltering-enclosure).Run-to-anātha-home; Name-makes-the-haven.
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Tuka: सवघड-हित — चित्त-पायांपें. Easy-hita-claim. Tuka says: savaghaḍa (easy) is the hita; let us placecittaat thepāyām-pē(feet). Easy-hita; place-citta-at-feet. (Closing-easy-claim: this hita is savaghaḍa (easy) — just place-citta-at-the-feet. Vārkarī's-democratic-easiness.)
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For someone today
You have heard that God has a special compassion for those who feel helpless and have no one to turn to, and just hearing that brings real relief. God rushes to the door of the helpless and gives them shelter simply through the Name. Tukaram says the good this brings isn't complicated or hard to earn: you only need to set your heart at God's feet.
मराठी: जे असहाय्य आहेत, ज्यांना कुणाचाच आधार नाही, त्यांच्यावर देवाची विशेष दया आहे हे तुम्ही ऐकले असेल, आणि हे नुसते ऐकूनच खरी विश्रांती मिळते. देव अशा असहाय्य लोकांच्या दारी धावत येतो आणि केवळ नामानेच त्यांना आश्रय देतो. तुकाराम म्हणतात, हे हित मिळवणे अवघड नाही, फक्त आपले मन देवाच्या पायाशी ठेवायचे आहे.
Where this applies
- Anātha-protector. Dayā.
- Name-haven. Refuge.
- Easy-hita. Democratic.