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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1056 of 4582

Abhanga 1056

Fully committing yourself to God, even for one real moment, lets the master carry your burdens and brings a happiness that half-hearted living never finds.

When by being a warrior, the doctrine is yoked — and you have to recognize this register
When without warrior-service, no sukha — pain doesn't go — and you accept this image
When become warrior, generous of life — master carries burden — and you allow this image

The verse

पाईंकपणें जोतिला सिद्धांत । सुर धरी मात वचन चित्तीं ॥१॥ पाइकावांचून नव्हे कधीं सुख । प्रजांमध्यें दुःख न सरे पीडा ॥ध्रु.॥ तरि व्हावें पाईंक जिवाचा उदार । सकळ त्यांचा भार स्वामी वाहे ॥२॥ पाइकीचें सुख जयां नाहीं ठावें । धिग त्यांनीं ज्यावें वांयांविण ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे एका क्षणांचा करार । पाईंक अपार सुख भोगी ॥४॥

Literal translation

Pāīka-paṇa — jōtilā siddhānta — sūra — māta-vacana. Pāika-vāncūna — sukha — prajā — duḥkha-pīḍā. Pāīka — jīvācā udāra — svāmī bhāra. Pāikī sukha — dhig — vāyām-viṇa. Tuka says: kṣaṇa karāra — apāra sukha.

मराठी: पाईंक-पणें सिद्धांत जोतिला — सूर माता-वचन चित्तीं धरी. पाईक-वांचून सुख कधीं नव्हे — प्रजां-मध्यें दुःख-पीडा न सरे. तरि पाईंक व्हावें — जिवाचा उदार — सकळ त्यांचा भार स्वामी वाहे. पाइकीचें सुख ज्यां नाहीं ठावें — धिग त्यांनीं वांयां-विण ज्यावें. Tuka म्हणे: एका क्षणांचा करार — पाईंक अपार सुख भोगी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
पाईंकपणें जोतिला सिद्धांत "pāīka-paṇa — jōtilā siddhānta"
सुर धरी मात वचन चित्तीं "sūra — māta-vacana"
पाइकावांचून नव्हे कधीं सुख "pāika-vāncūna — sukha"
प्रजांमध्यें दुःख न सरे पीडा "prajā — duḥkha-pīḍā"
तरि व्हावें पाईंक जिवाचा उदार "pāīka — jīvācā udāra"
सकळ त्यांचा भार स्वामी वाहे "svāmī bhāra"
पाइकीचें सुख जयां नाहीं ठावें "pāikī sukha"
धिग त्यांनीं ज्यावें वांयांविण "dhig — vāyām-viṇa"
एका क्षणांचा करार "kṣaṇa karāra"
पाईंक अपार सुख भोगी "apāra sukha"

What it means

A by-being-a-warrior-servant-the-doctrine-is-yoked-the-warrior-holds-the-instruction-and-word-in-mind-without-warrior-service-never-pleasure-among-the-people-pain-doesn't-go-so-become-a-warrior-generous-of-life-the-master-carries-all-their-burden-whoever-doesn't-know-the-warrior's-pleasure-shame-on-their-living-without-cause-by-one-commitment-of-one-moment-the-warrior-enjoys-boundless-pleasure abhang. One-kṣaṇa-warrior-boundless-sukha register. One of the great paika-warrior abhangs. Five claims:

  1. पाईंक-पणें-जोतिला — सूर-माता-वचन. Pāīka-yokes-the-doctrine-claim. Bypāīka-paṇa, the siddhānta is jōtilā (yoked-as-a-yoke); thesūra(warrior) holdsmāta (instructions) and vacana in cittī. (When you become a warrior-servant of Hari, the doctrine itself is yoked — held fast as the very plough-yoke that pulls.)

  2. पाईक-वांचून-न-सुख — प्रजा-दुःख. Without-pāika-no-sukha-claim. Withoutpāika-paṇa, never sukha;among the prajā, duḥkha-pīḍā doesn't go. (Common-people's life is duḥkha — only the warrior-servant escapes.)

  3. पाईक-जीव-उदार — स्वामी-भार. Master-carries-burden-claim. So become apāīka, jīvācā udāra (generous-of-life — willing-to-give-life); svāmī carries all their bhāra.

  4. पाईकी-सुख-न-ठाव — धिग-वांयां-विण. Shame-on-those-who-don't-know-claim. Whoever doesn't knowpāikī'ssukha;dhig(shame) on (their) livingvāyām-viṇa (without-cause).

  5. Tuka: क्षण-करार — पाईक-अपार-सुख. One-moment's-commitment-boundless-sukha-claim. Tuka says: by onekṣaṇa'skarāra (commitment, agreement); thepāīkaenjoysapāra sukha. (One moment's karāra — one moment of commitment to be a warrior of Hari — buys boundless sukha.)

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For someone today

Tukaram compares devotion to becoming a warrior servant of God: once you commit yourself fully, the master carries your burdens, and that is the only real happiness available. Ordinary people who never make that commitment stay stuck in pain and difficulty their whole lives, and Tukaram says it is a shame to live without ever making that choice. The striking claim here is how little it takes: one moment of genuine commitment is enough for a servant to enjoy boundless happiness. You do not need years of preparation, just a real decision to give yourself over.

मराठी: तुकाराम भक्तीची तुलना देवाच्या सेवक-योद्ध्या होण्याशी करतात: एकदा तुम्ही स्वतःला पूर्णपणे वाहून घेतले की, स्वामी तुमचा सगळा भार वाहतो, आणि हेच खरे सुख आहे. जे लोक कधी असे समर्पण करतच नाहीत, ते आयुष्यभर दुःख आणि पीडेत अडकून राहतात, आणि तुकाराम म्हणतात असे विनाकारण जगणे लाजिरवाणे आहे. इथली महत्त्वाची गोष्ट म्हणजे यासाठी फार काही लागत नाही: सेवकाला अपार सुख भोगण्यासाठी एका खऱ्या क्षणाची कटिबद्धता पुरेशी असते. यासाठी वर्षानुवर्षांची तयारी नको, फक्त स्वतःला खरोखर वाहून देण्याचा निर्णय हवा.

Where this applies

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