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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 992 of 4582

Abhanga 992

The people who truly live in your heart stay bonded to you even through separation, and longing to reunite with them is natural and does not need to be hidden.

When whoever lives in the mind, his utterance is loved — and you have to recognize this register
When jāti pines for jāti, viyōga doesn't cause a break — and you accept this image
When the longing of meeting overflows regard, can't wait — and you allow this image

The verse

मनीं वसे त्याचें आवडे उत्तर । वाटे समाचार घ्यावा ऐसें ॥१॥ जातीचें तें झुरे येर येरासाटीं । वियोगें ही तुटी नेघे कधीं ॥ध्रु.॥ भेटीची अपेक्षा वरता आदर । पुसे नव्हे धीर मागुतालें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माझ्या जीवाचें जीवन । सोइरे हरिजन प्राणसखे ॥३॥

Literal translation

Manī-vasē — uttara — āvaḍē — samācāra. Jātī — jhurē — yēra-yēra — viyōga — no tuṭī. Bhēṭī-apēkṣā — ādara — asks — no dhīra — again. Tuka says: jīvana of jīva — sōiṟē-Hari-jana — prāṇa-sakhē.

मराठी: मनीं जो वसे — त्याचें उत्तर आवडे — समाचार घ्यावा वाटे. जातीचें तें — येर-येरा-साठीं झुरे — वियोगें ही तुटी कधीं नेघे. भेटीची अपेक्षा — आदरावरतें — पुसे, धीर नव्हे — मागुतालें. Tuka म्हणे: माझ्या जीवाचें जीवन — सोइरे हरि-जन — प्राण-सखे.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
मनीं वसे त्याचें आवडे उत्तर "manī-vasē — uttara — āvaḍē"
वाटे समाचार घ्यावा ऐसें "samācāra"
जातीचें तें झुरे येर येरासाटीं "jātī — jhurē — yēra-yēra"
वियोगें ही तुटी नेघे कधीं "viyōga — tuṭī"
भेटीची अपेक्षा वरता आदर "bhēṭī-apēkṣā — ādara"
पुसे नव्हे धीर मागुतालें "asks — no dhīra — again"
तुका म्हणे माझ्या जीवाचें जीवन "jīvana of jīva"
सोइरे हरिजन प्राणसखे "sōiṟē — Hari-jana — prāṇa-sakhē"

What it means

A whoever-in-mind-his-uttara-loved-jāti-pines-for-jāti-viyōga-doesn't-break-bhēṭī-longing-overflows-regard-Hari-jana-prāṇa-sakhē abhang. Hari-jana-prāṇa-sakhē register. Three claims:

  1. मनीं-वसे — उत्तर-आवडे — समाचार-वाटे. Whoever-in-mind-his-uttara-loved-claim. Whoever lives in themana, his uttara (utterance, words) is āvaḍē; (one) feels: one should take hissamācāra(news).

  2. जाति-झुरे-येर-येरा — वियोग-तुटी-नाहीं. Jāti-pines-for-jāti-claim. One'sjātī(kindred-kind) pines for one-another; even byviyōga(separation), the bond never takes atuṭī(break). (Two claims: same-kind yearns for same-kind; separation tests but does not sever.)

  3. भेटी-अपेक्षा-आदर — Tuka: हरिजन-प्राण-सखे. Hari-jana-prāṇa-sakhē-claim. Theapēkṣāofbhēṭī(meeting) overflows evenādara(regard); (one) asks, has nodhīra(patience), asks again. Tuka says: thejīvanaof myjīva — thesōiṟē(kindred), theHari-jana, are my prāṇa-sakhē.

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For someone today

This verse speaks about the people who live in your heart, whose words feel precious and whose news you are eager to hear. People who share a real kinship yearn for each other, and even when apart, that bond never truly breaks. The longing to meet again can grow so strong it outpaces ordinary patience, leaving you asking again and again, unable to wait. Tuka says that the devotees of Hari, his spiritual kin, are the very life of his life, his dearest friends.

मराठी: ही ओवी अशा माणसांबद्दल बोलते जे तुमच्या मनात कायम वसलेले असतात, त्यांचे शब्द तुम्हाला प्रिय वाटतात आणि त्यांची खबर घ्यावी असे मनापासून वाटते. खऱ्या जातकुळीचे जीव एकमेकांसाठी झुरतात, आणि दुरावा आला तरी हे नाते कधीच तुटत नाही. भेटीची ओढ इतकी वाढते की ती नेहमीच्या धीराच्या पलीकडे जाते, आणि माणूस पुन्हा पुन्हा विचारत राहतो, थांबू शकत नाही. तुकाराम म्हणतात की हरिभक्त, त्यांचे आध्यात्मिक बांधव, हेच त्यांच्या जीवाचे जीवन आणि प्राणसखे आहेत.

Where this applies

Anti-caste / Egalitarianism Bhakti

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