Abhanga 910
Work things out honestly with your own heart, don't force your views on others, and trust that each person takes from your words only as much as their own readiness allows.
The verse
आपुल्या विचार करीन जीवाशीं । काय या जनाशीं चाड मज ॥१॥ आपुलें स्वहित जाणती सकळ । निरोधितां बळें दुःख वाटे ॥ध्रु.॥ आइको नाइको कथा कोणी तरी । जाऊनियां घरीं निजो सुखें ॥२॥ माझी कोण वोज जाला हा शेवट । देखोनियां वाट आणिकां लावूं ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे भाकुं आपुली करुणा । जयाची वासना तथा फळे ॥४॥
Literal translation
Vicāra — jīva — jana — cāḍa — none. Sva-hita — jāṇatī. Nirōdha — baḷē — duḥkha. Aikō nā-aikō — kathā — gharī — nijō. Vōja — śēvaṭa. Vāṭa — āṇikām. Tuka says: bhākum — karuṇā — vāsanā — phaḷē.
मराठी: आपुल्या जीवाशीं विचार करीन — काय ह्या जनाशीं चाड मज?. सकळ आपुलं स्व-हित जाणतीच — बळें निरोधितां दुःख वाटे. कथा कोणी ऐको-न-ऐको — घरीं जाऊनियां सुखें निजो. माझी कोण-च वोज — हा शेवट जाला — वाट देखोनियां आणिकांना लावूं. Tuka म्हणे: आपुली करुणा भाकूं — ज्याची वासना, तथा फळे.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आपुल्या विचार करीन जीवाशीं | "vicāra — jīva" |
| काय या जनाशीं चाड मज | "jana — cāḍa" |
| आपुलें स्वहित जाणती सकळ | "sva-hita — jāṇatī — sakaḷa" |
| निरोधितां बळें दुःख वाटे | "nirōdha — baḷē — duḥkha" |
| आइको नाइको कथा कोणी तरी | "aikō nā-aikō — kathā" |
| जाऊनियां घरीं निजो सुखें | "gharī — nijō sukhē" |
| माझी कोण वोज जाला हा शेवट | "vōja — śēvaṭa" |
| देखोनियां वाट आणिकां लावूं | "vāṭa — āṇikām" |
| भाकुं आपुली करुणा | "bhākum — karuṇā" |
| जयाची वासना तथा फळे | "vāsanā — phaḷē" |
What it means
A do-vicāra-with-own-jīva-don't-need-jana-each-knows-own-self-good-forcing-causes-duḥkha-let-listeners-go-home-and-sleep-happy-this-is-my-end-just-point-the-way-to-others-let-me-speak-karuṇā-each-fruits-by-his-own-vāsanā abhang. Just-point-the-way-not-force register. Four claims:
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विचार-जीवाशीं — जनांशीं-चाड-नाहीं — सकळ-स्व-हित-जाणतीच — निरोधितां-दुःख. Don't-force-claim. I'll dovicārawith my ownjīva; what cāḍa of jana?; each knows hissva-hita; forcing-by-baḷaonly-causesduḥkha. Don't-force-anyone-to-listen.
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कथा-ऐको-न-ऐको — घरीं-निजो-सुखें. Let-listeners-go-home-claim. Whoever may listen — or not — to thekathā; let them go togharīandnijō sukhē. Listening-is-voluntary.
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माझी-वोज-शेवट — वाट-आणिकांना-लावूं. Just-point-the-way-claim. What is myvōja? — this is myśēvaṭa; (I just) point thevāṭato others. Just-show-the-way.
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Tuka: करुणा-भाकूं — वासना-फळे. Each-fruits-by-vāsanā-claim. Tuka says: let me speak my ownkaruṇā; whoever'svāsanāis so, that is whatphaḷē. Speak-and-let-each-fruit-by-his-own. (Profound non-coercive teaching: I just speak my karuṇā; what each fruits (= becomes) is determined-by-his-own-vāsanā, not by my forcing.)
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For someone today
You don't have to convince everyone or force your truth on them. Work things out honestly with your own heart, and let others find their own way at their own pace. People already know, deep down, what is good for them, and pushing them only causes pain. Whether someone listens to your words or not, let them go home in peace; your job is simply to point toward the path, not to drag anyone down it. Speak what compassion moves you to say, and trust that what each person takes from it depends on their own readiness, not on your effort to control the outcome.
मराठी: सगळ्यांना पटवून देण्याची किंवा आपले मत लादण्याची गरज नाही. स्वतःच्या मनाशी प्रामाणिकपणे विचार करा आणि इतरांना त्यांच्या गतीने त्यांचा मार्ग शोधू द्या. प्रत्येकाला आपलं हित आतून माहीत असतंच, आणि जबरदस्ती केल्याने फक्त दुःखच वाढतं. कोणी तुमचं ऐकलं किंवा नाही ऐकलं, तरी त्यांना सुखाने जाऊ द्या; तुमचं काम फक्त वाट दाखवणं आहे, कोणाला ओढून नेणं नाही. करुणेने जे बोलावंसं वाटतं ते बोला, आणि प्रत्येकजण त्यातून काय घेतो हे त्याच्या स्वतःच्या तयारीवर अवलंबून आहे, हे मान्य करा.
Where this applies
- Don't-force. Voluntary.
- Just-point. Way-shown.
- Vāsanā-fruits. Each-his-own.