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Abhanga 1129

Tukaram says that to be respected by the world you need wealth and its illusions, but his own soul has no craving for that at all. He has cleared out space in his life only for God's feet, and now wants nothing else beside that. He asks God to show mercy and accept him without any further delay. Nothing else turned out to be real once he looked closely, he says, and that is exactly why he reined in his desires, and now he simply asks that his one true wish, held in God's store of grace, be granted.

When to-be-respected, dravya-māyā needed; not my cāḍa — and you have to recognize this register
When for your pāya, āraṇūka; no other dujē — and you accept this image
When do krpā, angīkāra; no uśīra — and you allow this image

The verse

मानावया जग व्हावी द्रव्यमाया । नाहीं ते माझिया जीवा चाड ॥१॥ तुझ्या पायांसाठीं केली आराणूक । आतां कांहीं एक नको दुजें ॥ध्रु.॥ करूनियां कृपा करीं अंगीकार । न लवीं उसीर आतां देवा ॥२॥ नव्हे साच कांहीं कळों आलें मना । म्हणोनि वासना आवरिली ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे आतां मनोरथ सिद्धी । माझे कृपानिधी पाववावे ॥४॥

Literal translation

Dravya-māyā — no cāḍa. Āraṇūka — no dujē. Krpā angīkāra — no uśīra. Sāca — known to mind — vāsanā āvarilī. Tuka says: manō-ratha siddhi — krpā-nidhi.

मराठी: मानावया जग — द्रव्य-माया व्हावी — माझिया जीवा ती चाड नाहीं. तुझ्या पायां-साठीं आराणूक केली — आतां कांहीं-एक दुजें नको. कृपा करूनियां — अंगीकार करीं — आतां, Dēvā, उसीर न-लवीं. नव्हे-साच कांहीं — मनास कळों आलें — म्हणोनि वासना आवरिली. Tuka म्हणे: आतां मनो-रथ-सिद्धि — माझे कृपा-निधी, पाववावे.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
मानावया जग व्हावी द्रव्यमाया "dravya-māyā"
नाहीं ते माझिया जीवा चाड "no cāḍa"
तुझ्या पायांसाठीं केली आराणूक "āraṇūka"
आतां कांहीं एक नको दुजें "no dujē"
करूनियां कृपा करीं अंगीकार "krpā angīkāra"
न लवीं उसीर आतां देवा "no uśīra"
नव्हे साच कांहीं कळों आलें मना "sāca — known to mind"
म्हणोनि वासना आवरिली "vāsanā āvarilī"
आतां मनोरथ सिद्धी "manō-ratha siddhi"
माझे कृपानिधी पाववावे "krpā-nidhi pāvavāvē"

What it means

A I-don't-need-fame-fulfill-my-mind's-purpose abhang. Five claims:

  1. मानावया-द्रव्य-माया-नको. No-need-for-respect-claim.

  2. पायां-आराणूक — दुजें-नको. For-feet-only-claim.

  3. कृपा-अंगीकार — उसीर-न. No-delay-claim.

  4. साच-कळों — वासना-आवर. Restrained-vāsanā-claim.

  5. Tuka: मनो-रथ-सिद्धि — कृपा-निधी. Fulfill-mind's-purpose-claim.

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For someone today

Tukaram says that to be respected by the world you need wealth and its illusions, but his own soul has no craving for that at all. He has cleared out space in his life only for God's feet, and now wants nothing else beside that. He asks God to show mercy and accept him without any further delay. Nothing else turned out to be real once he looked closely, he says, and that is exactly why he reined in his desires, and now he simply asks that his one true wish, held in God's store of grace, be granted.

मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की जगाकडून मान मिळवायचा असेल तर धन आणि त्याची माया लागते, पण माझ्या जिवाला त्याची काहीच ओढ नाही. मी फक्त तुझ्या पायांसाठी जागा राखून ठेवली आहे, आता मला दुसरे काहीच नको. ते देवाला विनवतात, कृपा करून मला स्वीकार, आता उशीर करू नकोस. बाकी काहीच खरे नाही असे मनाला उमगले, म्हणूनच मी माझ्या वासना आवरल्या, आणि आता एवढेच मागतो की माझी मनीषा, तुझ्या कृपानिधीतून, पूर्ण व्हावी.

Where this applies

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