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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 938 of 4582

Abhanga 938

Don't approach God with fear, cry out to him honestly and he comes without resistance, and that reaching him is far faster in the company of fellow devotees than alone.

When one way is known to catch Viṭhō by hand; don't fear — and you have to recognize this register
When speak the piteous-cry; He comes to hand — and you accept this image
When bind my jīva with prema-pāśa; don't release Him; generous to all — and you receive this final petition

The verse

विठो सांपडावया हातीं । ठावी जाली एक गती । न धरीं भय चित्तीं । बळ किती तयाचें ॥१॥ लागे आपण चि हातीं । किंव भाकावी काकुलती । करी मग चित्तीं । असेल तें तयाचें ॥ध्रु.॥ एकलिया भावबळें । कैं सांपडे तो काळें । वैष्णवांच्या मेळें। उभा ठाके हाकेसी ॥२॥ बांधा माझिया जीवासी । तुका म्हणे प्रेमपाशीं । न सोडीं तयासी । सर्वस्वासी उदार ॥३॥

Literal translation

Viṭhō — hātīgati. Bhaya — none. Baḷa — His. Āpaṇa cihātī. Kīmva-kākulatīcitti — His. Bhāva-baḷakāḷē. Vaiṣṇava-mēḷaubhāhāka. Tuka says: bind — jīvāprema-pāśaudāra.

मराठी: Viṭhō हातीं सांपडावया एक गती ठावी जाली — चित्तीं भय न धरीं — त्याचें बळ किती?. आपण-च हातीं लागे — कीव-काकुलती भाकावी — मग त्याच्या चित्तीं असेल ते करी. एकलियां भाव-बळें — कैं काळें सांपडे? — Vaiṣṇavāñcyā मेळें — हाकेसी उभा ठाके. Tuka म्हणे: माझ्या जीवाला प्रेम-पाशीं बांधा — सोडीं त्याला नकाहीं — सर्वस्वासी उदार आहे.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
विठो सांपडावया हातीं "Viṭhō — sāmpaḍāvayāhātī"
ठावी जाली एक गती "ṭhāvīgati"
न धरीं भय चित्तीं "bhayacitta"
बळ किती तयाचें "baḷa — His"
लागे आपण चि हातीं "āpaṇa cihātī"
किंव भाकावी काकुलती "kīmva-kākulatī"
करी मग चित्तीं असेल तें तयाचें "citti — His"
एकलिया भावबळें "bhāva-baḷa"
कैं सांपडे तो काळें "sāmpaḍēkāḷē"
वैष्णवांच्या मेळें "Vaiṣṇava-mēḷa"
उभा ठाके हाकेसी "ubhāhāka"
बांधा माझिया जीवासी प्रेमपाशीं "bind — jīvāprema-pāśa"
न सोडीं तयासी सर्वस्वासी उदार "udāra"

What it means

A one-way-to-catch-Viṭhō-by-hand-don't-fear-no-resistance-He-comes-to-hand-speak-piteous-cry-then-His-will-only-by-bhāva-baḷa-rare-but-in-Vaiṣṇava-mēḷa-He-stands-at-the-call-bind-my-jīva-with-prema-pāśa-don't-release-generous-to-all abhang. Catch-Viṭhō-by-piteous-cry-or-Vaiṣṇava-mēḷa register. Three claims:

  1. विठो-सांपडावया-गती-ठावी — भय-नकाहीं — बळ-त्याचें-किती — आपण-हातीं-लागे — कीव-काकुलती-भाकावी. He-comes-to-hand-on-piteous-cry-claim. Onegatiknown to catch Viṭhō; don'tbhaya— whatbaḷa(resistance) is His?; He himself comes to hand; speak thekīmva-kākulatī; then-whatever-is-in-His-citta gets done.

  2. एकलिया-भाव-बळें-कैं-काळें-सांपडे — Vaiṣṇava-मेळें-हाकेसी-उभा. Vaiṣṇava-mēḷa-instant-claim. Bybhāva-baḷaalone, when does He get caught inkāḷa?;but in the Vaiṣṇava-mēḷa, He stands at the very hāka. Vaiṣṇava-sanga-makes-it-instant.

  3. Tuka: प्रेम-पाशीं-जीव-बांधा — सोडीं-नकाहीं — सर्वस्वासी-उदार. Bind-with-prema-pāśa-claim. Tuka says: bind myjīvawithprema-pāśa; don't release Him; (He is)udāratosarvasvāsi. Bind-Him-with-love-don't-let-Him-go.

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For someone today

There is really only one way to catch hold of God, and it isn't through force, so don't carry fear in your heart, because he offers no resistance at all. He comes into your hands on his own the moment you cry out to him honestly, in true dependency, and then he does whatever is in his heart to do for you. Reaching him through solitary effort and willpower alone is rare and can take a long time, but in the company of fellow devotees he stands ready the instant you call. Tukaram's resolve is simple: tie your own life to him with the rope of love and never let go, because he is generous with everything he has to everyone who holds on.

मराठी: देवाला पकडण्याचा खरा मार्ग एकच आहे आणि तो बळाचा नाही, म्हणून मनात भय बाळगू नका, कारण तो मुळीच प्रतिकार करत नाही. तुम्ही मनापासून, खऱ्या लाचारीने त्याला हाक मारली की तो स्वतःहून हातात येतो आणि मग जे त्याच्या मनात असेल ते तुमच्यासाठी करतो. एकट्याने केवळ भावबळावर त्याला गाठणे दुर्मिळ आहे आणि त्याला वेळ लागू शकतो, पण वैष्णवांच्या सहवासात मात्र तो हाक मारताच लगेच उभा राहतो. तुकारामांचा निर्धार साधा आहे, स्वतःच्या जिवाला प्रेमाच्या दोरीने त्याच्याशी बांधा आणि कधीही सोडू नका, कारण जो धरून राहतो त्याला तो आपले सर्वस्व उदारपणे देतो.

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