Abhanga 923
If you truly believe someone loves you and has abundance to spare, it is fair to ask them directly why you still feel scarcity, and that is what Tukaram does here. It isn't disrespect, it's intimacy. He points out that God's house overflows with spiritual abundance, so why does he, the child, feel left with so little? He calls God a perfect father, complete in every quality, and then insists on an honest, face to face answer rather than staying quiet with his doubt. This is permission to bring your real complaints straight to the source instead of suppressing them out of politeness.
The verse
कैवल्याच्या तुम्हां घरीं । रासी हरी उदंड ॥१॥ मजसाठीं कां जी वाणी । नव्हे धणी विभागा ॥ध्रु.॥ सर्वा गुणीं सपुरता । ऐसा पिता असोनी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे पांडुरंगा । जालों सांगा सन्मुख ॥३॥
Literal translation
Kaivalya — gharī — rāsi — Hari — udaṇḍa. Me — vāṇī. Dhaṇī — vibhāga — none. Sarva-guṇa — sapuratā — pitā. Tuka says: Pāṇḍuranga — sānga — sanmukha.
मराठी: कैवल्याच्या तुम्हां-घरीं — राशी, हरी, उदंड. मज-साठीं कां जी वाणी — नव्हे धणी विभागा?. सर्वा-गुणीं सपुरता — ऐसा पिता असोनी. Tuka म्हणे: Pāṇḍuranगा — सांगा, सन्मुख जालों.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| कैवल्याच्या तुम्हां घरीं | "kaivalya — gharī" |
| रासी हरी उदंड | "rāsi — Hari — udaṇḍa" |
| मजसाठीं कां जी वाणी | "me — vāṇī" |
| नव्हे धणी विभागा | "dhaṇī — vibhāga" |
| सर्वा गुणीं सपुरता | "sarva-guṇa — sapuratā" |
| ऐसा पिता असोनी | "such — pitā" |
| पांडुरंगा | "Pāṇḍuranga" |
| जालों सांगा सन्मुख | "sānga — sanmukha" |
What it means
A heaps-of-kaivalya-in-Your-house-why-scarcity-for-me-no-full-share-such-a-perfect-pitā-being-came-face-to-face abhang. Abundance-vs-scarcity-complaint register. Three claims:
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कैवल्य-घरीं-राशी-उदंड — मज-वाणी-कां — धणी-विभाग-नाहीं. Heaps-but-scarcity-for-me-claim. In Yourgharī, heaps of kaivalya, udaṇḍa; for me, why avāṇī?; nodhaṇīofvibhāga(share)? Heaps-with-You-but-scarcity-for-me.
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सर्व-गुणीं-सपुरता — ऐसा-पिता-असोनी. Such-a-perfect-pitā-claim. All-guṇafulfilled; such apitābeing. Perfect-pitā-yet-incomplete-distribution?
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Tuka: Pāṇḍuranga — सन्मुख-जालों. Came-face-to-face-claim. Tuka says:Pāṇḍuranga; I have comesānga, sanmukha. Face-to-face-now-give-me-my-share.
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For someone today
If you truly believe someone loves you and has abundance to spare, it is fair to ask them directly why you still feel scarcity, and that is what Tukaram does here. It isn't disrespect, it's intimacy. He points out that God's house overflows with spiritual abundance, so why does he, the child, feel left with so little? He calls God a perfect father, complete in every quality, and then insists on an honest, face to face answer rather than staying quiet with his doubt. This is permission to bring your real complaints straight to the source instead of suppressing them out of politeness.
मराठी: एखादी व्यक्ती तुमच्यावर खरोखर प्रेम करते आणि तिच्याकडे भरपूर आहे याची खात्री असूनही तुम्हाला उणीव जाणवत असेल, तर थेट विचारणं यात काही चूक नाही, तुकाराम इथे नेमकं हेच करतात, आणि हा अनादर नाही, ही जवळीक आहे. ते सांगतात की देवाच्या घरात कैवल्याच्या राशी उदंड आहेत, मग मुलाला, म्हणजे स्वतःला, इतकी कमतरता का जाणवावी? ते देवाला सर्वगुणसंपन्न, परिपूर्ण पिता म्हणतात, आणि तरीही शांत न राहता समोरासमोर स्पष्ट उत्तर मागतात. आपली खरी तक्रार सभ्यतेपोटी दाबून न ठेवता थेट त्या स्रोताकडे मांडण्याची ही मुभा आहे.
Where this applies
- Heaps. Abundance.
- Scarcity. For me.
- Face-to-face. Direct.