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Abhanga 1000

This is Tukaram's final, tender prayer, offered with the assembled saints as witnesses. He asks God for only one thing: do not forget me. He adds that there is nothing more to explain, everything about him is already known at God's feet, so he simply falls at those feet and asks to be sheltered under grace. It is a model for how to close anything well, not with more words, but with plain surrender and a humble request to be remembered.

When the last request — the saints should hear — and you have to recognize this register
When let that forgetting of me not fall on you, Deva — and you accept this image
When what more shall I speak — all is known at your feet — and you allow this image

The verse

शेवटची विनवणी । संतजनीं परिसावी ॥१॥ विसर तो न पडावा । माझा देवा तुम्हांसी ॥ध्रु.॥ पुढें फार बोलों काई । अवघें पायीं विदित ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे पडिलों पायां । करा छाया कृपेची ॥३॥

Literal translation

Śēvaṭacī vinavaṇīsamta-janaparisāvī. Visara — not fall — of me — Deva — to you. Ahead — speak much — what — all — feet — vidita. Tuka says: paḍilōm pāyāmchāyākṛpā.

मराठी: शेवटची विनवणी — संत-जनीं परिसावी. विसर तो न पडावा — माझा, देवा, तुम्हांसी. पुढें फार बोलों काई? — अवघें पायीं विदित. Tuka म्हणे: पडिलों पायां — करा छाया कृपेची.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
शेवटची विनवणी "śēvaṭacī vinavaṇī"
संतजनीं परिसावी "samta-janaparisāvī"
विसर तो न पडावा "visara — not fall"
माझा देवा तुम्हांसी "of me — Deva — to you"
पुढें फार बोलों काई "ahead — much speak — what"
अवघें पायीं विदित "all — feet — vidita"
तुका म्हणे पडिलों पायां "paḍilōm pāyām"
करा छाया कृपेची "chāyākṛpā"

What it means

A the-last-request-the-saint-people-should-listen-let-that-forgetting-not-fall-of-me-O-Deva-upon-you-what-more-shall-I-speak-all-is-known-at-your-feet-I-have-fallen-at-your-feet-make-a-shade-of-kṛpā abhang. Make-a-shade-of-kṛpā register. Three claims (a closing-prayer):

  1. शेवटची-विनवणी — संत-परिसावी. The-last-request-saints-should-listen-claim. This is theśēvaṭacī (last) vinavaṇī (request, supplication);the samta-jana should parisāvī (listen, attend). (Tuka frames this as afinal-petition — addressed both to Deva and to the assembly of saints as witnesses.)

  2. विसर-न-पडावा — Deva-तुम्हांसी. Don't-let-forgetting-fall-on-you-claim. Let thatvisara(forgetting) not fallof me, O Deva, upon you. (The most tender request: please don't forget me. Tuka's only ask of Deva is that he not be forgotten.)

  3. फार-बोलों-काई — पायीं-विदित — Tuka: पडिलों-पायां — छाया-कृपा. All-known-at-feet-fallen-at-feet-make-shade-of-kṛpā-claim. What more shall (I) speak ahead?; all isvidita(known) at (your)pāya (feet).Tukasays:I have fallen at (your) pāya; make achāyā(shade, shelter) ofkṛpā. (Final surrender: words exhausted; just fallen at the feet; please shade me with kṛpā.)

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For someone today

This is Tukaram's final, tender prayer, offered with the assembled saints as witnesses. He asks God for only one thing: do not forget me. He adds that there is nothing more to explain, everything about him is already known at God's feet, so he simply falls at those feet and asks to be sheltered under grace. It is a model for how to close anything well, not with more words, but with plain surrender and a humble request to be remembered.

मराठी: ही तुकाराम महाराजांची अखेरची, हळुवार विनवणी आहे, जी ते संतांना साक्षी ठेवून करतात. देवाकडे ते फक्त एकच मागणे मागतात, मला विसरू नकोस. ते म्हणतात, आता अधिक काय बोलू, माझ्याबद्दल सारे काही तुझ्या पायीच माहीत आहे; म्हणून ते फक्त पायांवर लोटांगण घालतात आणि कृपेची सावली मागतात. कोणतीही गोष्ट नीट संपवायची असेल तर अधिक शब्दांची गरज नसते, फक्त साधी शरणागती आणि विसरले न जाण्याची नम्र विनंती पुरेशी असते, हेच हा अभंग शिकवतो.

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