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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 920 of 4582

Abhanga 920

Stop debating the technicalities of right and wrong action; holding the Name is enough, because God is inexhaustible and your troubles are no burden to Him.

When what to do with karma-akarma — I've found the varma — and you have to recognize this register
When You and the Name alike; no account ever finished — and you accept this image
When no using-up; You remain stockpiled — and you allow this image

The verse

काय करूं कर्माकर्म । बरें सांपडलें वर्म ॥१॥ होसी नामा च सारिका । समजाविली नाहीं लेखा ॥ध्रु.॥ नाहीं वेचावेच जाला । उरला आहेसी संचला ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माझें । काय होईंल तुम्हां ओझें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Karma-akarma. Varmabarē. You — nāmasārikhālēkhā — none. Vēcā-vēca — none — uralā-sañcalā. Tuka says: my — ōjhē.

मराठी: कर्म-अकर्म-काय करूं — बरें वर्म सांपडलें. होसी, तूं नामा-च-सारिका — समजाविली नाहीं लेखा. वेचा-वेच जाला नाहीं — उरला, आहेसि संचला. Tuka म्हणे: माझें — काय होईंल तुम्हां ओझें?.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
काय करूं कर्माकर्म "karma-akarma"
बरें सांपडलें वर्म "barēvarma"
होसी नामा च सारिका "You — nāmasārikhā"
समजाविली नाहीं लेखा "lēkhā — none-settled"
नाहीं वेचावेच जाला "vēcā-vēca — none"
उरला आहेसी संचला "uralāsañcalā"
माझें काय होईंल तुम्हां ओझें "my — ōjhē"

What it means

A what-to-do-with-karma-akarma-found-the-varma-You-and-the-Name-alike-no-account-finished-no-using-up-You-remain-stockpiled-my-matter-no-burden-on-You abhang. Name-and-You-alike-no-account-You-stockpiled register. Three claims:

  1. कर्म-अकर्म-काय — वर्म-बरें-सांपडलें. Found-the-varma-claim. What to do withkarma-akarma?;I have barē sāmpaḍalē the varma. Found-the-secret-skip-karma-debate.

  2. Name-तूं-सारिका — लेखा-समजाविली-नाहीं — वेचा-वेच-नाहीं — उरला-संचला. No-account-and-stockpiled-claim. You and thenāmaaresārikhā; thelēkhā(account-of-You) has never been settled; novēcā-vēca; You remainsañcalā. Hari-and-Name-equally-infinite; You-stockpiled-not-spent.

  3. Tuka: माझें-ओझें — तुम्हां-काय. No-burden-on-You-claim. Tuka says: my (matter) — whatōjhēcould it be on You? I'm-no-burden-on-the-infinite. (Closing-image: my individual-account is, against Your infinite stockpile, no-burden-at-all.)

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For someone today

You don't need to work out every rule of right and wrong action before you can begin. Tukaram says he has already found the essential secret: God and the divine Name are the same, so simply holding the Name gets you what all the debating about action and inaction was chasing anyway. The account of God never runs out and never gets settled, because it is inexhaustible, an endless stockpile you can draw on without ever using it up. So your worries, your small troubles, your fear of being a burden are nothing against something that vast, and you can set them down.

मराठी: प्रत्येक कृती योग्य आहे की अयोग्य हे ठरवत बसण्याआधीच पुढे जाता येतं. तुकाराम सांगतात की त्यांना खरं वर्म सापडलं आहे, देव आणि त्याचं नाम हे एकच आहेत, त्यामुळे नुसतं नाम घेतलं तरी कर्म-अकर्माच्या वादातून जे हवं तेच मिळतं. देवाचा हिशोब कधीच संपत नाही आणि कधीच पुरा होत नाही, कारण तो अगणित आहे, न संपणाऱ्या साठ्यासारखा, कितीही घेतलं तरी तो कमी होत नाही. त्यामुळे तुमच्या छोट्या काळज्या आणि आपण ओझं आहोत ही भावना या अफाट साठ्यापुढे काहीच नाहीत, त्या तुम्ही निश्चिंतपणे सोडून देऊ शकता.

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