Abhanga 1499
Quarreling with God out of intimacy is itself sweet, and someone who calls out in trust can expect to be met face to face and given what they ask for.
The verse
भांडावें तें गोड । पुरे सकळ ही कोड ॥१॥ ऐसा घरींचा या मोळा । ठावा निकटां जवळां ॥ध्रु.॥ हाक देतां दारीं । येती जवळी सामोरीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे शिवें । मागितलें हातीं द्यावें ॥३॥ ॥२॥
Literal translation
Quarreling itself is gōḍa — fulfills all the kōḍa. Such is the gharīñcā mōḷā — known to the close-near. When hāka given at door — they come close, sāmōrīm. Tuka says: by Śiva — what is asked, into the hand must be given.
मराठी: भांडावें — तें — गोड; — पुरे — सकळ — ही — कोड. ऐसा — घरींचा — या — मोळा; — ठावा — निकटां — जवळां. हाक — देतां — दारीं; — येती — जवळी — सामोरीं. Tukā म्हणे — शिवें; — मागितलें — हातीं — द्यावें. ॥२॥
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| भांडावें तें गोड | "bhāṇḍa (= quarrel) — itself — gōḍa (sweet)" |
| पुरे सकळ ही कोड | "fulfills (purē) — all — kōḍa (= curiosity / affectionate-play)" |
| ऐसा घरींचा या मोळा | "such (aisā) — gharīñcā (of this house) — mōḷā (= folk-fashion / way)" |
| ठावा निकटां जवळां | "known (ṭhāvā) — to (the) nikaṭa-javaḷa (= close-near)" |
| हाक देतां दारीं | "hāka (= loud call) — when given — at (the) door" |
| येती जवळी सामोरीं | "they come (yētī) — close — sāmōrīm (face-to-face)" |
| तुका म्हणे शिवें | "Tuka says — by Śiva" |
| मागितलें हातीं द्यावें | "what is asked-for — into (the) hand — must be given" |
| ॥२॥ | (sub-series end-marker) |
What it means
Quarreling-with-Hari-is-sweet abhang. Closes another sub-series at ॥२॥. The opening declaration: bhāṇḍāvēm tēm gōḍa — purē sakaḷa hī kōḍa — thequarrel itself— isgōḍa(sweet); — fulfills — all thekōḍa(= curiosity / playful-affection). Striking: the very-quarreling with Hari is sweet. Kōḍa — the playful-affection of intimacy. (Compare 1413's dharaṇēkarī and 1429's Viṭho-kaisā-vāñcalāsi — same quarrelsome-intimacy register; here it's named as sweet.)
The household-image: aisā gharīñcā yā mōḷā — ṭhāvā nikaṭām javaḷām — such is thegharīñcā mōḷā(= the household's folk-fashion / family-style); —knownto thenikaṭa-javaḷa(= close-near ones). This is the family-style; only those-close-and-near know it. (= bhakti-as-family-intimacy; the quarrelsome-but-loving household-mode is for insiders.)
The accessibility: hāka dētām dārīm — yētī javaḷī sāmōrīm — when (one) gives ahāka(= loud-call) at (the) door; — they come — close —sāmōrīm(face-to-face). Call out at the door — and they come right up, face-to-face. (= classical Hari-comes-when-called trope; cf. 1410's hāka Nārāyaṇā — Paṇḍharīcā rāṇā āikōna dhāvēla.)
The closing-claim: Śivēm — māgitalēm hātīm dyāvēm — byŚiva(Mahādeva) — what isasked— into (the) hand —must be given. Śiva must give what is asked, into the hand. The hand-to-hand delivery — direct, immediate. (Continues the Śiva-address register.)
The ॥२॥ marker likely signals close of another sub-series (perhaps 1498-1499, two more abhangs to Mahādeva, alongside 1496-1497). So the Śiva-cluster may run 1496-1497 (sub-series 1) + 1498-1499 (sub-series 2) — four total Śiva-abhangs in this stretch.
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For someone today
For today: the very-quarreling with Hari is sweet — fulfills all curiosity-affection; this is the household-style of insiders; when you call at the door, he comes face-to-face; Śiva must give what's asked, hand-to-hand.
Where this applies
- When you argue or grumble openly with someone you love deeply, and it actually deepens the closeness rather than breaking it
- When you feel that only people truly close to you understand your particular way of showing affection
- When you call out for help in a hard moment and feel that presence draw near almost instantly
- When you want to remind yourself that asking directly and expecting a direct answer is itself an act of trust, not disrespect