Abhanga 1242
For today: don't strain at sādhanas; wait for a saint to say "Hari has taken you up" — that word is bharavasā; that bhāva is true.
The verse
कईं मात माझे ऐकती कान । बोलतां वचन संतां मुखीं ॥१॥ केला पांडूरंगें तुझा अंगीकार । मग होइल धीर माझ्या जीवा ॥ध्रु.॥ म्हणऊनि मुख अवलोकितों पाय । हे चि मज आहे थोरी आशा ॥२॥ माझिया मनाचा हा चि विश्वास । न करीं सायास साधनांचे ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे मज होईल भरवसा । तरलों मी ऐसा साच भाव ॥४॥
Literal translation
When will my ears hear the news — words spoken from saints' mouths: "Pāṇḍuranga has done your angīkāra"? Then dhīra will come to my jīva. Therefore I look at the face and at the feet — this very is my big āśā. This is my mind's viśvāsa: I do no sāyāsa of sādhanas. Tuka says: I will get bharavasā — "I am saved" — this is the true bhāva.
मराठी: केव्हां माझे कान ही बातमी ऐकतील — संतांच्या मुखांतून बोललेलें वचन — "पांडुरंगानें तुझा अंगीकार केला"? तेव्हां माझ्या जीवाला धीर मिळेल. म्हणून मुख अवलोकितों — पाय (पाहतों) — हीच माझी थोरी आशा. हाच माझ्या मनाचा विश्वास — मी साधनांचे सायास करीत नाहीं. Tukā म्हणे — मला भरंवसा होईल — "तरलों मी" — हा-च खरा भाव.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| कईं मात माझे ऐकती कान | "when (kā'īm) will my ears hear the māta (matter / news)?" |
| बोलतां वचन संतां मुखीं | "spoken vacana from the mouths of saints" |
| केला पांडूरंगें तुझा अंगीकार | "Pāṇḍuranga has done your angīkāra (taking-up)" |
| मग होइल धीर माझ्या जीवा | "then dhīra (steadiness) will come to my jīva" |
| मुख अवलोकितों पाय | "I look at the face — and (their) feet" |
| हे चि मज आहे थोरी आशा | "this very is my big āśā" |
| न करीं सायास साधनांचे | "I do no sāyāsa (effort) of sādhanas" |
| तरलों मी ऐसा साच भाव | "'I am saved' — such is the true (sāca) bhāva" |
What it means
Bhupāḷyā 4 of 8 — waiting for the saint's confirmation.
The bhakta's yearning has shifted: not to meet Pāṇḍuranga first, but to hear from a saint's mouth that Pāṇḍuranga has done your angīkāra (taken you up). The saint's word is the seal. Then dhīra (steadiness) will come to the jīva.
This is a precise warkari epistemology: the saint stands as the witness-of-Hari's-act. The bhakta cannot easily verify Hari's angīkāra by his own perception — but the saint can. So the bhakta watches the saint's mukha and pāya (face and feet), waiting for the words.
The closing posture is striking: na karīm sāyāsa sādhanāncē — I do not effort the sādhanas. The bhakta has put down all techniques. The only path is waiting for the saints' word — and that word, when it comes, is bharavasā (firm trust): taralōm mī (I am saved) — sāca bhāva.
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For someone today
For today: don't strain at sādhanas; wait for a saint to say "Hari has taken you up" — that word is bharavasā; that bhāva is true.
Where this applies
- When you cannot tell for yourself whether you have truly made peace with someone and need to hear it confirmed by a trusted third person
- When you keep pushing through methods and routines but what you actually need is reassurance from someone you trust
- When you find yourself watching a mentor's face and words for a sign that things are finally okay
- When waiting for confirmation feels harder than the striving itself, and you have to learn to simply wait