Abhanga 930
God cares for the surrendered like a mother who quietly meets every need, drives away worry and craving, and offers the safety of good company that even time and death cannot touch.
The verse
आमुची कृपाळू तूं होसी माउली । विठ्ठले साउली शरणागता ॥१॥ प्रेमपान्हा स्तनीं सदा सर्वकाळ । दृष्टि हे निर्मळ अमृताची ॥ध्रु.॥ भूक तान दुःख वाटों नेदीं सीण । अंतरींचा गुण जाणोनियां ॥२॥ आशा तृष्णा माया चिंता दवडीं दुरी । ठाव आम्हां करीं खेळावया ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे लावीं संताचा सांगात । जेथें न पवे हात किळकाळाचा ॥४॥
Literal translation
Kṛpāḷu — māulī — Viṭṭhalē — sāulī — śaraṇā-gata. Prema-pānhā — stana — sarva-kāḷa — dṛṣṭi — amṛta. Bhūka-tāna-duḥkha-sīṇa — none-let. Antarī-guṇa. Āśā-tṛṣṇā-māyā-cintā — davaḍī durī. Ṭhāva — khēḷāvayā. Tuka says: santa-sāngāta — kiḷa-kāḷa — hāta — can't reach.
मराठी: आमुची कृपाळू तूं होसी, माउली — Viṭṭhalē, साउली शरणा-गता. प्रेम-पान्हा स्तनीं सदा सर्व-काळ — ही दृष्टि निर्मळ अमृताची. भूक, तान, दुःख, सीण वाटों नेदीं — अंतरींचा गुण जाणोनियां. आशा, तृष्णा, माया, चिंता दवडीं दुरी — आम्हांला खेळावया ठाव करीं. Tuka म्हणे: संताचा सांगात लावीं — जेथें किळ-काळाचा हात पवत नाहीं.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आमुची कृपाळू तूं होसी माउली | "kṛpāḷu — māulī" |
| विठ्ठले साउली शरणागता | "Viṭṭhalē — sāulī — śaraṇā-gata" |
| प्रेमपान्हा स्तनीं सदा सर्वकाळ | "prema-pānhā — stana — sadā sarva-kāḷa" |
| दृष्टि हे निर्मळ अमृताची | "dṛṣṭi — amṛta" |
| भूक तान दुःख वाटों नेदीं सीण | "bhūka tāna duḥkha sīṇa — none-let-come" |
| अंतरींचा गुण जाणोनियां | "antarī — guṇa" |
| आशा तृष्णा माया चिंता दवडीं दुरी | "āśā-tṛṣṇā-māyā-cintā — davaḍī durī" |
| ठाव आम्हां करीं खेळावया | "ṭhāva — khēḷāvayā" |
| लावीं संताचा सांगात | "santa-sāngāta" |
| जेथें न पवे हात किळकाळाचा | "kiḷa-kāḷa — hāta" |
What it means
A You-our-merciful-māulī-shadow-for-surrendered-prema-pānhā-all-time-gaze-pure-amṛta-don't-let-hunger-thirst-pain-toil-come-drive-āśā-tṛṣṇā-māyā-cintā-far-give-us-place-to-play-attach-us-to-santa-sangata-where-kiḷa-kāḷa-can't-reach abhang. Māulī-Viṭṭhal-and-santa-sangata register. Five claims:
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Viṭṭhalē-कृपाळू-माउली — साउली-शरणा-गता. Māulī-shadow-claim. You are ourkṛpāḷu māulī; Viṭṭhalē,sāulīfor theśaraṇā-gata.
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प्रेम-पान्हा-सदा — दृष्टि-अमृत. Prema-pānhā-and-amṛta-gaze-claim. Prema-pānhā in stana always;the dṛṣṭi is nirmaḷa amṛta.
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भूक-तान-दुःख-सीण-वाटों-नेदीं — अंतरीं-गुण-जाणोनि. No-suffering-claim. You don't letbhūka, tāna, duḥkha, sīṇacome; knowing theantarī'sguṇa.
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आशा-तृष्णा-माया-चिंता-दूर — खेळावया-ठाव. Drive-far-claim. Āśā, tṛṣṇā, māyā, cintā driven durī; give us aṭhāvaforkhēḷāvayā.
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Tuka: संत-सांगात-लावीं — किळ-काळाचा-हात-न-पवे. Santa-sangata-claim. Tuka says: attach us tosanta-sāngāta; wherekiḷa-kāḷa'shātacan't reach. Where-kiḷa-kāḷa-can't-touch-us. (Closing-petition: santa-sangata is the protected zone where time-and-death can't reach.)
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For someone today
Tukaram pictures Vitthal as a merciful mother, a shade of shelter for anyone who has surrendered. Her milk of love flows constantly and her gaze is pure like nectar, so she does not let hunger, thirst, sorrow, or exhaustion touch her child, because she already knows what is inside his heart. She drives away craving, restless desire, illusion, and worry, and simply gives us room to play like children in her care. Tukaram ends by asking to be placed in the company of saints, a space so protected that even time and death cannot reach in.
मराठी: तुकाराम विठ्ठलाला मायाळू आई म्हणून पाहतात, जी शरण आलेल्यांसाठी सावली बनते. तिचे प्रेमाचे पान्हे सतत वाहत असते आणि तिची नजर अमृतासारखी निर्मळ असते, त्यामुळे ती आपल्या मुलाला भूक, तहान, दुःख किंवा थकवा जाणवू देत नाही, कारण तिला आधीच त्याच्या मनातले माहीत असते. ती आशा, तृष्णा, माया आणि चिंता दूर करते आणि आपल्याला निर्धास्तपणे खेळण्यासाठी जागा करून देते. शेवटी तुकाराम संतांच्या सोबतीत राहण्याची विनंती करतात, अशी सुरक्षित जागा जिथे काळाचा हातही पोहोचू शकत नाही.
Where this applies
- Māulī-shadow. Refuge.
- No-suffering. Care.
- Santa-zone. Death-can't-reach.