Abhanga 1164
Take charge of your own mind, Tukaram warns, or else it all turns to ash and scatters uselessly. A life driven by desire and anger becomes a heavy burden you carry on your head wherever you go. Real renunciation, he says, isn't leaving home, it's letting go of the body's endless craving. Devotion to Rama is the true sweetness underneath everything else, and it's what dissolves the sorrow of being born again and again.
The verse
मनसुं किया चाहिये पाख । उपर खाक पसारा ॥१॥ कामक्रोधसो संसार । वो सिरभार चलावे ॥२॥ कहे तुका वो संन्यास । छोडे आस तनकी हि ॥३॥ रामभजन सब सार मिठाईं । हरि संताप जनमदुख राईं ॥ध्रु.॥
Literal translation
Mana-sum pakṣa — khāka pasārā. Kāma-krōdha-samsāra — sira-bhāra. Tuka says: samnyāsa — tana-āśa. Rāma-bhajana sāra mīṭhā'ī — Hari samtāpa-janma.
मराठी: मना-शीं पक्ष करावा — त्या-वर खाक पसारा. काम-क्रोध — संसार — सिर-भार चालवे. Tuka म्हणे: तो संन्यास — तनाची आस छोडावी. Rāma-भजन सब सार-मिठाई — Hari संताप-जनम-दुःख रायी.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi/Hindi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| मनसुं किया चाहिये पाख | "mana-sum pakṣa" |
| उपर खाक पसारा | "khāka pasārā" |
| कामक्रोधसो संसार | "kāma-krōdha-samsāra" |
| वो सिरभार चलावे | "sira-bhāra" |
| वो संन्यास | "samnyāsa" |
| छोडे आस तनकी हि | "tana-āśa" |
| रामभजन सब सार मिठाईं | "Rāma-bhajana sāra mīṭhā'ī" |
| हरि संताप जनमदुख राईं | "Hari samtāpa-janma" |
What it means
Hindi abhang. Four claims.
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For someone today
Take charge of your own mind, Tukaram warns, or else it all turns to ash and scatters uselessly. A life driven by desire and anger becomes a heavy burden you carry on your head wherever you go. Real renunciation, he says, isn't leaving home, it's letting go of the body's endless craving. Devotion to Rama is the true sweetness underneath everything else, and it's what dissolves the sorrow of being born again and again.
मराठी: स्वतःच्या मनावर ताबा ठेव, तुकाराम इशारा देतात, नाहीतर सगळं राख होऊन विखुरून जातं. काम-क्रोधाने चालणारं जीवन म्हणजे डोक्यावर सतत वागवावा लागणारा जड भार बनतो. खरा संन्यास, ते म्हणतात, घरदार सोडणं नव्हे, तर शरीराच्या अखंड वासनेला सोडून देणं आहे. Rāma-भजन हेच सगळ्यांमागचं खरं गोडपण आहे, आणि तेच वारंवार जन्म घेण्याचं दुःख नाहीसं करतं.
Where this applies
- Mana-pakṣa. Khāka.
- Sira-bhāra. Samsāra.
- Samnyāsa. Tana-āśa.
- Sāra-mīṭhā'ī. Hari.