Abhanga 1454
There is no second trick for reaching God; give him your whole undivided attention and let your cravings quiet, and he will come to dwell exactly where your desire runs out.
The verse
येथें दुसरी न सरे आटी । देवा भेटी जावया ॥१॥ तो चि ध्यावा एका चित्तें । करूनि रितें किळवर ॥ध्रु.॥ षडउर्मी हृदयांत । यांचा अंत पुरवूनि ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे खुंटे आस । तेथें वास करी तो ॥३॥
Literal translation
Here — a second āṭī does not work — for going to Deva-bhēṭa. He alone must be meditated by one citta — having made the kiḷavara empty. The ṣaḍ-ūrmī in the hṛdaya — bring their anta. Tuka says: when āsa gets khuṇṭē — there, he makes vāsa.
मराठी: येथें — दुसरी — न — सरे — आटी; — देवा — भेटी — जावया. तो — चि — ध्यावा — एका — चित्तें; — करूनि — रितें — किळवर. षड-उर्मी — हृदयांत; — यांचा — अंत — पुरवूनि. Tukā म्हणे — खुंटे — आस; — तेथें — वास — करी — तो.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| येथें दुसरी न सरे आटी | "here — a second (dusarī) — āṭī (= attempt / contrivance / trick) — does not work (sarē)" |
| देवा भेटी जावया | "to Deva-bhēṭa (= meeting) — for going (jāvayā)" |
| तो चि ध्यावा एका चित्तें | "he alone (chi) — must be dhyāvā (meditated) — by one (ēkā) — citta" |
| करूनि रितें किळवर | "having made empty (ritēm) — the kiḷavara (= body)" |
| षडउर्मी हृदयांत | "the ṣaḍ-ūrmī (= six-waves: aśanāyā hunger, pipāsā thirst, śōka grief, mōha delusion, jarā old-age, mṛtyu death) — in the hṛdaya" |
| यांचा अंत पुरवूनि | "their anta (= end / completion) — bringing (puravūnī)" |
| तुका म्हणे खुंटे आस | "Tuka says — āsa (desire) — gets khuṇṭē (= peg-stuck / used-up)" |
| तेथें वास करी तो | "there — vāsa (dwelling) — he (tō, = Hari) — makes (karī)" |
What it means
Hari-dwells-where-desire-runs-out abhang. The opening: yēthēm dusarī na sarē āṭī — Devā bhēṭī jāvayā — here — asecond—āṭī(= attempt / trick / contrivance) — doesnotwork; — for going toDeva-bhēṭa(= the meeting with Hari). No second-attempt works: only one direct, single-pointed attempt gets you there. (= bhakti is single-attempt-not-multi-attempt-with-tricks.)
The single-attempt-method: tō chi dhyāvā ēkā cittēm — karūnī ritēm kiḷavara — he alone — must bemeditated— byonecitta; — havingmade empty— thekiḷavara(body). Two coordinated acts: (1) one-citta-meditation on Hari alone; (2) empty-the-body (= empty it of identification). (Compare 1400's Tukā lāgalā kiḷavarā pāṭhī — Tuka chased the body-corpse; here the same kiḷavara term — emptying the body.)
The interior-purification: ṣaḍ-ūrmī hṛdayānta — yāñcā anta puravūnī — theṣaḍ-ūrmī(six-waves) — in thehṛdaya; — bring theiranta(end). The ṣaḍ-ūrmī — the six bodily-and-mental-waves (varying lists: aśanā-pipāsā-śōka-mōha-jarā-mṛtyu in one list, aśanā-pipāsā-śōka-mōha-jarā-mṛtyu + moha-mada-mātsarya variations in others). All must be brought-to-an-end in the hṛdaya.
The closing-formula: khuṇṭē āsa — tēthēm vāsa karī tō — whenāsa(= desire) — getskhuṇṭē(= peg-stuck / used-up); —there—vāsa(dwelling) —he(= Hari) — makes. Where desire runs-out, Hari moves in. The bhakti-vacuum-image: desire-runs-out → Hari-fills-the-vacuum. (Compare 1431's āśā sa-mūḷa khāṇōnī kāḍāvī — uproot desire; here the positive-result of having done so. Pairs with 1454's vasati-of-Hari-where-dayā-kṣamā-śānti — same Hari-dwells-where theme.)
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For someone today
For today: no second-attempt works for Hari-bhēṭa; meditate him alone with one citta — empty the body; bring an end to the six-waves in the heart; where desire runs out, there he makes his dwelling.
Where this applies
- When you keep switching spiritual methods or shortcuts, hoping one of them will finally work
- When you are distracted during prayer or meditation because your mind is split between many things
- When hunger, grief, or fear of aging keeps pulling your attention away from what matters
- When you notice that letting go of a craving actually brings a sense of peace rather than loss