Abhanga 1268
For today: set the talk aside; cintā only grows cintā; stay bhinna-bhinna and preserve yourself like dhīra.
The verse
आम्हीं याची केली सांडी । कोठें तोंडीं लागावें ॥१॥ आहे तैसा असो आतां । चिंतें चिंता वाढते ॥ध्रु.॥ बोलिल्याचा मानी सीण । भिन्न भिन्न राहावें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आम्हांपाशीं । धीराऐसी जतन ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: We have set this aside — where to engage the mouth? Let it be as it is now — by cintā, cintā grows. (One who) minds the spoken finds sīṇa — let (us) stay separate. Tuka says: with us — preservation like dhīra.
मराठी: आम्हीं हें सांडलें (बाजूला ठेवलें) — कुठें तोंडानें लागायचें (बोलायचें)? आहे तसें-च असो — चिंतेनें चिंता वाढते. बोललेल्याचा सीण मानला तर — भिन्न-भिन्न (वेगळें) राहावें. Tukā म्हणे — आमच्या-कडे — धीरा-सारिखी जतना.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आम्हीं याची केली सांडी | "we have done sāṇḍī (set-aside) of this" |
| कोठें तोंडीं लागावें | "where to engage (lāgāvē) the tōṇḍī (mouth)?" |
| आहे तैसा असो आतां | "let it be as it is now" |
| चिंतें चिंता वाढते | "by cintā — cintā grows" |
| बोलिल्याचा मानी सीण | "(one who) minds the spoken finds sīṇa" |
| भिन्न भिन्न राहावें | "let (us) stay separate (bhinna-bhinna)" |
| आम्हांपाशीं धीराऐसी जतन | "with us — like dhīra — jatana (preservation)" |
What it means
Decision-to-set-aside-the-talk abhang. The decisive line: cintē cintā vāḍhatē — cintā grows cintā — engaging in the cintā-cycle (worry-talk-discussion) only makes more cintā. The way out is sāṇḍī (set-aside).
The closing prescription: bhinna-bhinna rāhāvē — stay separate. Don't engage; bōliliyāncā mānī sīṇa — one who minds the spoken finds sīṇa (exhaustion / pain). And then āmhāmpāśīm — dhīrā-aisī jatana — with us — preservation like dhīra (firmness). Dhīra is the warkari's quiet-firmness; jatana is preservation. Together: we keep ourselves the way one keeps something carefully.
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For someone today
For today: set the talk aside; cintā only grows cintā; stay bhinna-bhinna and preserve yourself like dhīra.
Where this applies
- Set-aside.* Sāṇḍī.
- Cintā-grows-cintā.* Cintē-cintā-vāḍhatē.
- Stay-separate.* Bhinna-bhinna-rāhāvē.
- Preserve-like-dhīra.* Dhīrā-aisī-jatana.