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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 960 of 4582

Abhanga 960

Talk is easy but real inner experience is rare, so drop the pretense that costs you dearly, and keep your mind awake, trusting God's protecting hand.

When speech speaks but anubhava is rare; most walk the current — and you have to recognize this register
When can't stay niścaḷa; kāḷa tracks us — and you accept this image
When growing dambha-display; losses on capital — and you allow this image

The verse

वदे वाणी परि दुर्लभ अनुभव । चालीचा चि वाहो बहुतेक ॥१॥ आम्ही ऐसें कैसें राहावें निश्चळ । पाठिलाग काळ जिंतितसे ॥ध्रु.॥ वाढवितां पोट दंभाचे पसारे । येतील माघारे मुदला तोटे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे बरें जागवितां मना । तुमच्या नारायणा अभयें करें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Vāṇīanubhavadurlabhacālīcā vāhō. Niścaḷapāṭhi-lāgakāḷa. Pōṭadambhapasārēmudalatōṭa. Tuka says: mana — awake — abhaya-karē — Nārāyaṇa.

मराठी: वदे वाणी — परि दुर्लभ अनुभव — चालीचा-च वाहो बहुतेक. आम्ही ऐसें कैसें राहावें निश्चळ — पाठि-लाग काळ जिंतितसे. वाढवितां पोट दंभाचे पसारे — माघारे मुदला तोटे येतील. Tuka म्हणे: बरें जागवितां मना — तुमच्या Nārāyaṇā अभयें-करें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
वदे वाणी परि दुर्लभ अनुभव "vāṇīanubhavadurlabha"
चालीचा चि वाहो बहुतेक "cālīcā vāhō"
आम्ही ऐसें कैसें राहावें निश्चळ "niścaḷa"
पाठिलाग काळ जिंतितसे "pāṭhi-lāgakāḷa"
वाढवितां पोट दंभाचे पसारे "pōṭadambhapasārē"
येतील माघारे मुदला तोटे "mudalatōṭa"
बरें जागवितां मना "mana — awake"
तुमच्या नारायणा अभयें करें "abhaya-karē — Nārāyaṇa"

What it means

A speech-speaks-but-anubhava-rare-most-walk-the-current-can't-stay-niścaḷa-kāḷa-tracks-dambha-grows-losses-on-capital-keep-mind-awake-by-Your-abhaya-hand abhang. Kāḷa-tracks-keep-mind-awake-by-Your-abhaya register. Three claims:

  1. वाणी-वदे-अनुभव-दुर्लभ — चालीचा-वाहो — निश्चळ-कसे-राहावें — काळ-पाठि-लाग. Anubhava-rare-and-kāḷa-tracks-claim. Vāṇī speaks, anubhava is durlabha; most arecālīcā vāhō; how stayniścaḷa?; kāḷa tracks us.

  2. दंभ-पसारे-वाढवितां — मुदला-तोटे. Dambha-grows-but-loses-capital-claim. Growingdambha-pasārēinpōṭa; losses onmudalareturn.

  3. Tuka: मना-जागवितां-बरें — अभय-करें-Nārāyaṇa. Mind-awake-by-abhaya-hand-claim. Tuka says: well-to-keep mind awake; by Yourabhaya-karē, Nārāyaṇā.

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For someone today

Tukaram warns that everyone talks about spiritual experience, but genuine anubhava, the real inner encounter, is rare. Most people simply drift along with the crowd, going through the motions. Meanwhile time keeps chasing us, so how can anyone stay calm and unmoved? Puffing yourself up with pretense and show only costs you in the end, eating into even your capital, not just your profit. Instead, Tuka says, keep your mind alert and awake, trusting in God's protecting, fearless hand.

मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की सगळे अनुभवाबद्दल बोलतात, पण खरा अनुभव दुर्मिळ असतो. बहुतेक लोक फक्त गर्दीबरोबर वाहत जातात, नुसते सोपस्कार करतात. दरम्यान काळ आपला पाठलाग करत असतो, मग स्थिर कसे राहावे? पोट फुगवून दंभाचा पसारा वाढवला की शेवटी नुकसानच होते, नफा तर सोडाच मुद्दलही जाते. म्हणून तुका म्हणतात, मन जागे ठेवणे बरे, तुमच्या नारायणाच्या अभय हातावर विश्वास ठेवून.

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