Abhanga 1271

For today: when you remember him with you-and-me — bhoga has nothing left, udvēga is vain; the bhrama goes by his feet's own dharma.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

Bhrama-gone abhang — calm after the 12-cluster storm. After the long sequence of Hari-tāḍ, sāsuravāsa, holding-stand, this abhang lands quietly: kōṭhē bhōga uralā ātām — āṭhavitām tuja maja — where is bhoga left now — when remembering you-and-me? The remembrance dissolves the bhoga-economy.

Phaḷa bījē āṇilēm — fruit and seed I have brought — past karma (fruit) and future kriyamāṇa (seed) — both already brought to Hari. Nothing is āḍa (in the way) anymore.

Udvēga vāyām-viṇa — kaimcā sīṇa cintanē — anxiety is now in vain; what sīṇa (toil-pain) from worry-thought? After the long anguish, the bhakta has stopped paying anxiety its tribute.

The closing — gēlā bhrama — tumacyā dharmē pāyāncyā — bhrama has gone — by your feet's dharma. Tumacyā pāyāncyā dharmē — by the dharma of your feet — Hari's feet have their own dharma (their own way of working), and that dharma dissolved the bhrama.

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For someone today

For today: when you remember him with you-and-me — bhoga has nothing left, udvēga is vain; the bhrama goes by his feet's own dharma.

Where this applies

• When you finally stop craving the next pleasure or comfort because a deeper remembrance has filled that space
• When you have already made peace with your past mistakes and your future plans, and worry has nothing left to attach to
• When you realize the anxious thoughts you carried for years turn out to have solved nothing
• When a long period of struggle ends quietly instead of dramatically, and you notice the confusion simply isn't there anymore

Related verses

• Abhanga 2448 — The easiest path to God is repeating divine names with love at home, right where you are,
• Abhanga 2467 — What looks like your whole world, like a fig to the insect living inside it, is only a tin
• Abhanga 2494 — Living in devotion turns an ordinary day into a festival and removes the fear of birth and
• Abhanga 4481 — Tukaram promises that sincerely calling on the Lord's name, knowingly or unknowingly, with