Abhanga 1470

For today: grace's answer is Hari's prasāda — increase ānanda within ānanda; the salvation-ship has docked by many's good-fortune — quickly, the work; the unobtainable has come free to your door — don't miss; by the tongue-and-ear door, fill the measure to the brim.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

Grace-arrived-at-door-fill-measure abhang. The opening: kṛpēcēm uttara Devācā prasāda — ānandīm ānanda vāḍhavāvā — theuttara(answer / response) ofkṛpā— isDeva'sprasāda; — inānanda—ānanda— should be increased. Grace-as-an-answer; Hari's prasāda is the answer-form. Increase ānanda within ānanda (= compound the bhakti-bliss).

The ship-image: bahutāñcyā bhāgyēm lāgalēm jāhāja — yēthēm ātām kāja lavalāhē — bymany's good-fortune— theship— has beenmoored; —here, now—kāja(work / opportunity) —quickly(lavalāhē). The salvation-ship image — the ship has docked — and now, quickly, the work must be done. The bahutāñcyā bhāgyēm — the collective good-fortune of many bhaktas — has caused the moment.

The free-prize image: alabhya tēm ālēm dārāvarī phukā — yēthē ātā cukā na pāhijē — thealabhya(= unobtainable) — has come —to your door—phukā(= for free); —here, now—no missing— should be wanted. The unobtainable-bhakti-prize has come free to the door — don't miss it. (Compare 1426's kharēm-bōlē-tarī-phukāsāṭhīm-jōḍē-Harī — same Hari-for-free register.)

The closing-measure image: jivhā-śravaṇācyā dvārē — māpa bharā varē sigēvarī — by thejivhā-śravaṇa(= tongue-and-ear) door —fillthemāpa—brim-full— to thesigē(= top-mark). The door-of-tongue-and-ear — kīrtana sung and heard — fills the bhakti-measure to the brim. (Pairs with 1469's māpa-sigē-Gangā-pūra — adjacent abhang, same grain-merchant-measure image. Tuka was a vāṇī (merchant) — these are his trade-images.)

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For someone today

For today: grace's answer is Hari's prasāda — increase ānanda within ānanda; the salvation-ship has docked by many's good-fortune — quickly, the work; the unobtainable has come free to your door — don't miss; by the tongue-and-ear door, fill the measure to the brim.

Where this applies

• When a real chance to grow spiritually is sitting right in front of you and you keep putting it off
• When you feel grateful for the community of devotees whose faith and effort made this moment possible for you
• When you're not sure how to deepen your practice and need a simple place to start
• When you want ordinary singing and listening to become something that truly fills you up

Related verses

• Abhanga 2467 — What looks like your whole world, like a fig to the insect living inside it, is only a tin
• Abhanga 4481 — Tukaram promises that sincerely calling on the Lord's name, knowingly or unknowingly, with
• Abhanga 4482 — Tukaram teaches that no ritual equals sincerely speaking the Lord's name, that self-center
• Abhanga 4497 — Tukaram describes a life so soaked in devotion that Krishna's presence fills every ordinar