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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1036 of 4582

Abhanga 1036

This is a short, urgent prayer. Tuka addresses God by three classical names, husband of Lakshmi, lord of the helpless, lotus-naveled one, and asks simply to be placed where true happiness already lives, at God's feet. He admits his own desire is small, almost modest, set against the boundless generosity of the one he is asking. Then the plea turns urgent: ordinary worldly pleasure has tormented him, and he asks God to come running, fast, to his rescue.

When Lakṣmī-vallabha, dīnā-nātha, padma-nābha — and you have to recognize this register
When sukha resides in your feet — place me there — and you accept this image
When my desire is small — you are king of generosity — and you allow this image

The verse

लक्ष्मीवल्लभा । दिनानाथा पद्मनाभा ॥१॥ सुख वसे तुझे पायीं । मज ठेवीं ते चि ठायीं ॥ध्रु.॥ माझी अल्प हे वासना । तूं तो उदाराचा राणा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भोगें । पीडा केली धांव वेगें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Lakṣmī-vallabha — dīnā-nātha — padma-nābha. Sukha — pāya — ṭhāya. Alpa vāsanā — udāra-rāṇā. Tuka says: bhōga — pīḍā — vēga.

मराठी: Lakṣmī-vallabhā — dīnā-nāthā — padma-nābhā. सुख तुझे पायीं वसे — मज ते-च ठायीं ठेवीं. माझी ही वासना अल्प — तूं उदाराचा राणा. Tuka म्हणे: भोगें — पीडा केली — धांव वेगें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
लक्ष्मीवल्लभा "Lakṣmī-vallabha"
दिनानाथा पद्मनाभा "dīnā-nātha — padma-nābha"
सुख वसे तुझे पायीं "sukha — pāya"
मज ठेवीं ते चि ठायीं "ṭhāya"
माझी अल्प हे वासना "alpa vāsanā"
तूं तो उदाराचा राणा "udāra-rāṇā"
तुका म्हणे भोगें "bhōga"
पीडा केली धांव वेगें "pīḍā — vēga"

What it means

A Lakṣmī-husband-Lord-of-the-helpless-lotus-naveled-pleasure-resides-in-your-feet-place-me-in-that-very-place-my-desire-is-small-you-are-the-king-of-generosity-pleasure-has-tortured-me-run-fast abhang. King-of-generosity-pīḍā-of-bhōga-run-fast register. Four claims (a short petition):

  1. Lakṣmī-vallabha — दीनानाथ — पद्म-नाभ. Three-epithets-claim. Lakṣmī-vallabha (husband-of-Lakṣmī),dīnā-nātha, padma-nābha (lotus-naveled). (Three classical epithets, addressed to Vitthal-as-Hari.)

  2. सुख-पायीं — मज-त्या-ठायीं. Sukha-resides-in-feet-claim. Sukha resides in your pāyīm;place me in that very ṭhāyīm. (The sukha is at the feet; place me there.)

  3. अल्प-वासना — उदार-राणा. Small-desire-king-of-generosity-claim. Myvāsanāisalpa (small); you are therāṇā of udāra (generosity).

  4. Tuka: भोग-पीडा — धांव-वेगें. Bhōga-tortured-run-fast-claim. Tuka says: bybhōga (worldly-experience),pīḍā(torment) has been done; runvēga (fast).

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For someone today

This is a short, urgent prayer. Tuka addresses God by three classical names, husband of Lakshmi, lord of the helpless, lotus-naveled one, and asks simply to be placed where true happiness already lives, at God's feet. He admits his own desire is small, almost modest, set against the boundless generosity of the one he is asking. Then the plea turns urgent: ordinary worldly pleasure has tormented him, and he asks God to come running, fast, to his rescue.

मराठी: ही एक छोटी, तळमळीची प्रार्थना आहे. तुकाराम देवाला लक्ष्मीपती, दीनांचा नाथ, पद्मनाभ अशा नावांनी हाक मारतात आणि साधी विनंती करतात — मला तुझ्या चरणी, जिथे खरे सुख आहे तिथेच ठेव. आपली इच्छा किती लहान आहे, हे ते नम्रपणे मान्य करतात — समोर अथांग उदारता असलेल्या देवासमोर आपली मागणी खूपच छोटी वाटते. मग विनवणी तातडीची होते — ऐहिक सुखांनी मला पीडा दिली आहे, म्हणून वेगाने धाव, मला वाचव.

Where this applies

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