संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1078 of 4582

Abhanga 1078

All our blankets are piled together in one heap — mine is there too, mixed in with everyone else's. Show me the trail back to what's truly mine, and help untangle this confusion. Let me become one with you, with no separate identity of my own — I'll gladly accept whatever else comes, as long as it comes from you. Tuka says: whether small or great, let go of this stiff pride, God.

When one heap of blankets — mine with him — and you have to recognize this register

When show the trail; let tangle be untangled — and you accept this image

When become without-other; I'll take any-other from you — and you allow this image

The verse

घोंगडियांची एकी राशी । त्याचपाशीं तें ही होतें ॥१॥ माझियाचा माग दावा । केला गोवा उगवों द्या ॥ध्रु.॥ व्हावें ऐसें निसंतान । घेइन आन तुजपाशीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे लाहाण मोठा । सांड ताठा हा देवा ॥३॥

Literal translation

Ēkī rāśi — with him. Māga — show — gōvā — ugaval. Nisamtāna — āna. Tuka says: small-big — sāṇḍa tāṭhā.

मराठी: घोंगडियांची एकी राशी — त्या-च पाशीं तें ही होतें. माझियाचा माग दावा — केला गोवा उगवों द्या. व्हावें ऐसें निसंतान — आन घेइन तुज-पाशीं. Tuka म्हणे: लाहाण-मोठा — हा ताठा सांड, Dēvā.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
घोंगडियांची एकी राशी	"ēkī rāśi"
त्याचपाशीं तें ही होतें	"with him"
माझियाचा माग दावा	"māga — show"
केला गोवा उगवों द्या	"gōvā — ugaval"
व्हावें ऐसें निसंतान	"nisamtāna"
घेइन आन तुजपाशीं	"āna"
लाहाण मोठा	"small-or-big"
सांड ताठा हा देवा	"sāṇḍa tāṭhā"

What it means

Ghōngaḍyācē abhanga 4. Four claims:

एकी-राशी — त्या-पाशीं. One-heap-claim. Onerāśiofghōngaḍas;mine was also with him. (The blankets are heaped together — find mine.)
माग-दावा — गोवा-उगव. Show-trail-claim. Show themāga(trail) of mine; thegōvā(entanglement, mix-up) made —ugavōm dyā (let it be untangled).
निसंतान — आन-घेईन. Become-as-no-other-claim. Becomenisamtāna (without-other); I'll take any-āna(other thing) near you. (Become as one-with-no-other to me; I'll accept any other thing as long as it's from you.)
Tuka: लाहाण-मोठा — ताठा-सांड. Sāṇḍa-tāṭhā-claim. Tuka says: small-or-big; sāṇḍa this tāṭhā (stiffness, pride, holding-aloof), Dēvā.

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For someone today

मराठी: आमच्या सर्वांच्या घोंगड्या एकाच ढिगात मिसळल्या आहेत — माझीही त्यातच, इतरांच्यात मिसळून गेली आहे. माझ्या घोंगडीचा माग दाखव, आणि हा गोंधळ उलगडून दे. मला तुझ्याशी असे एकरूप कर की माझी वेगळी अशी काही ओळखच उरू नये — तुझ्याकडून येणारे काहीही मी आनंदाने स्वीकारीन. तुका म्हणतात, लहान असो वा मोठा, हा ताठा — हा अहंकार — सोडून दे, देवा.

Where this applies

When you feel lost or mixed up among everyone else's expectations and can't find what's truly yours
When pride or stubbornness is keeping you from surrendering fully to something bigger than yourself
When you're holding onto a separate identity instead of letting yourself belong completely
When you're willing to accept whatever life brings as long as you trust it comes from a good source

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