Abhanga 903

Wealth is trailed by decay and cannot be trusted, so take today's gain, leave tomorrow to God, and gather the lasting wealth of reverent listening instead of chasing what will not stay.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A behind-wealth-defiling-time-trails-his-sanga-false-leave-naraka-root-set-up-kathā-in-front-take-today's-lābha-toss-future-bhāra-on-Dēva-prārabdha-doesn't-change-by-craving-tṛṣṇā-madness-vain-take-dhana-that-stays-by-reverent-śravaṇa abhang. Mature-kathā-trader register. Five claims:

1. द्रव्य-मागें-किळ-काळ-लाग — संग-खोटा. Wealth-trailed-by-defiling-time-claim. Behinddravya, thekiḷa-kāḷafollows; so itssangaiskhōṭā.

2. निरय-मूळ-मागें — कथा-पुढें-मांडिली. Leave-naraka-root-set-up-kathā-claim. Leave themūḷaofnirayabehind; set up thekathāin front. Past behind; kathā in front.

3. आजि-प्रसंगें-लाभ — पुढील-भार-देवा. Take-today's-lābha-toss-future-claim. In today'sprasanga, takethis lābha; toss the futurebhāraonDēva. Now-take; future-on-God.

4. प्रारब्ध-सोसें-न-पालटे — तृष्णा-पिसें-वांयां. Prārabdha-doesn't-change-tṛṣṇā-vain-claim. Prārabdha doesn't change by sōsa; thepiśēoftṛṣṇāisvāyām-viṇa. Prārabdha-fixed; craving-is-mad. (Subtle: prārabdha (the past-karmic-script) doesn't bend to struggling-craving; the only-result of tṛṣṇā is piśē (madness).)

5. Tuka: धन-राहे-घेई — सादर-श्रवण. Take-dhana-that-stays-claim. Tuka says: take suchdhanathatrāhē; bysādara śravaṇa. The-stays-dhana-is-by-reverent-śravaṇa. (Closing-image: the only-dhana-that-stays is the kathā-dhana gathered by reverent-listening. Sādara śravaṇa = listening-with-reverence.)

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For someone today

Tukaram warns that wealth is always followed by decay, so trusting in it is a false companionship. He advises leaving the roots of past troubles behind and turning instead to the sacred story unfolding before us. Take today's gain as it comes, and leave tomorrow's burden to God. Your destiny will not change no matter how hard you struggle with craving — that restless wanting is simply vain madness. Instead, gather the one wealth that truly stays: the treasure gained through reverent listening.

मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की संपत्तीच्या मागे नेहमी झीज लागलेली असते, त्यामुळे तिच्यावर विश्वास ठेवणे ही खोटी सोबत आहे. भूतकाळातील त्रासांची मुळे मागे सोडून द्यावी आणि समोर उलगडणाऱ्या पवित्र कथेकडे लक्ष द्यावे, असे ते सांगतात. आजचा लाभ जसा मिळेल तसा घ्यावा, आणि उद्याची चिंता देवावर सोपवावी. कितीही तळमळ केली तरी प्रारब्ध बदलत नाही - ती अस्वस्थ हाव म्हणजे केवळ व्यर्थ वेडेपणा आहे. त्याऐवजी, जे खरोखर टिकते ते धन जमवावे - श्रद्धापूर्वक श्रवणातून मिळणारे धन.

Where this applies

• False-sanga. Wealth-trailed.
• Now-take. Today.
• Prārabdha-fixed. Don't-struggle.
• Stays-by-śravaṇa. Listening-treasure.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2464 — For today: Pāṇḍuranga is sukha-rūpa ; no wandering, no shaving, no sādhana-pressure ; Chan
• Abhanga 2490 — The divine is most reachable through the living presence of a true saint, not through a di
• Abhanga 2494 — Living in devotion turns an ordinary day into a festival and removes the fear of birth and
• Abhanga 4481 — Tukaram promises that sincerely calling on the Lord's name, knowingly or unknowingly, with