Abhanga 1059

Devoted servants clear the way and protect their own, talk without real grounding reveals nothing true, and a world that places full trust is met with real protection and happiness.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A the-warriors-have-made-paths-walkable-by-breaking-the-alien's-hoard-taking-the-alien's-storehouse-they-kept-our-own-people-as-ours-without-basis-what-blabbers-its-own-character-isn't-as-it-should-be-revealed-when-someone-leaves-the-path-the-warriors-strike-them-to-make-others-learn-the-lesson-the-world-when-it-takes-trust-the-warriors-give-it-pleasure abhang. Warriors-give-sukha-to-trusting-world register. Five claims:

1. पंथ-वाटा-चालविल्या — पारख्या-सांटा-मोडोन. Made-paths-walkable-claim. Thepāikashave madevāṭācālavilyā (walkable, paved); bymōḍōnthepārakhyā's (alien's, enemy's) sāṭā (hoard). (By breaking the enemy's stockpile, made the road safe.)

2. पारख-ठाय-खाणें — आपलें-जन-राखिलें. Took-storehouse-kept-people-claim. Taking thepārakhiyē-ṭhāyī (the alien's place), kept theāpalē jana (own people).

3. आधार-विण-चावळे — आपलें-कळे-नव्हे. Without-basis-blabbers-claim. Withoutādhāra (basis), what bōlatām cāvaḷē (blabbers); own (character) is not revealed as it is. (Words without grounding don't reveal one's true character properly.)

4. मारग-सोडतां — पाईक-मारतें — शीक. Strike-to-teach-others-claim. When (someone)sāṇḍitām mārga (leaves the path), the pāikas māritī (strike); forśīka (lesson) to others.

5. Tuka: विश्व-विश्वास — सुख. Trusting-world-given-sukha-claim. Tuka says: theviśva — taking viśvāsa (trust); pāikas give him sukha. (Whoever trusts the world entirely receives sukha from the warriors.)

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For someone today

Tukaram continues the image of devoted warrior servants who clear the road for everyone else, breaking down whatever hostile forces have hoarded and protecting their own community in the space they win. He warns that talk without real grounding is empty, it does not actually reveal a person's true character. When someone strays off the path, the warriors correct them firmly, not out of cruelty but so others can learn from it. In the end, Tukaram says simply, the world that places its full trust receives real happiness in return, because that trust is met with real protection.

मराठी: तुकाराम समर्पित सेवक-योद्ध्यांची प्रतिमा पुढे नेतात, जे इतरांसाठी रस्ता मोकळा करतात, शत्रुशक्तींनी साठवलेले सगळे मोडून काढतात आणि जिंकलेल्या जागेत आपल्या माणसांचे रक्षण करतात. ते इशारा देतात की खरा आधार नसलेले बोलणे पोकळ असते, त्यातून माणसाचे खरे चारित्र्य प्रकट होत नाही. कोणी मार्ग सोडून भरकटला तर योद्धे त्याला ठामपणे सुधारतात, क्रूरतेने नव्हे तर इतरांना त्यातून धडा मिळावा म्हणून. शेवटी तुकाराम सहज सांगतात, जे जग पूर्ण विश्वास ठेवते त्याला खरे सुख मिळतेच, कारण त्या विश्वासाला खरे संरक्षण मिळते.

Where this applies

• Paths-made-safe. Vāṭā-cālavilyā.
• Storehouse-taken. Pārakhyā-sāṭā.
• No-grounding. Ādhāra-viṇa.
• Strike-to-teach. Mārga.
• Trusting-given-sukha. Viśvāsa.

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