Abhanga 1599
Once you have entrusted everything into caring hands and truly met someone, the parting itself should not be delayed by grief or attachment.
The verse
सकळ ही माझी बोळवण करा । परतोनि घरा जावें तुम्हीं ॥१॥ कर्मधर्में तुम्हां असावें कल्याण । घ्या माझें वचन आशीर्वाद ॥ध्रु.॥ वाढवूनि दिलों एकाचिये हातीं । सकळ निश्चिंती जाली तेथें ॥२॥ आतां मज जाणें प्राणेश्वरासवें । माझिया भावें अनुसरलों ॥३॥ वाढवितां लोभ होईंल उसीर । अवघींच स्थिर करा ठायीं ॥४॥ धर्म अर्थ काम जाला एके ठायीं । मेळविला जिंहीं हाता हात ॥५॥ तुका म्हणे आतां जाली हे चि भेटी । उरल्या त्या गोष्टी बोलावया ॥६॥
Literal translation
All of you, give me bōḷavaṇa — return home, you. By karma-dharma, may there be kalyāṇa for you — take my vacana, my blessings. I have raised and given into one's hand — all niścinta there. Now I must go with the prāṇēśvara — by my bhāva, I have followed. If lōbha grows, there will be delay — make all steady in place. Dharma, artha, kāma have come to one place — those who joined hand-to-hand. Tuka says: now this very is the bhēṭī — the remaining are matters for speaking.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| सकळ ही माझी बोळवण करा | "all of you — give me bidding-farewell (bōḷavaṇa)" |
| परतोनि घरा जावें तुम्हीं | "returning — to home — go — you" |
| कर्मधर्में तुम्हां असावें कल्याण | "by karma-dharma — to you — let there be — kalyāṇa" |
| घ्या माझें वचन आशीर्वाद | "take — my vacana — blessings" |
| वाढवूनि दिलों एकाचिये हातीं | "I have raised — given — into one's hand" |
| सकळ निश्चिंती जाली तेथें | "all niścinta — has come — there" |
| आतां मज जाणें प्राणेश्वरासवें | "now — I must go — with the prāṇēśvara" |
| माझिया भावें अनुसरलों | "by my own bhāva — I have followed" |
| वाढवितां लोभ होईंल उसीर | "if lōbha (attachment) — grows — there will be — delay" |
| अवघींच स्थिर करा ठायीं | "all — make steady — in place" |
| धर्म अर्थ काम जाला एके ठायीं | "dharma-artha-kāma — has come — to one place" |
| मेळविला जिंहीं हाता हात | "those who — have joined — hand-to-hand" |
| तुका म्हणे आतां जाली हे चि भेटी | "Tuka says — now — this very — has been — the meeting" |
| उरल्या त्या गोष्टी बोलावया | "the remaining — those matters — for speaking" |
What it means
Farewell-address-to-people abhang. Vaikuṇṭha-gamana cluster.
The opening: sakaḷa hī mājhī bōḷavaṇa karā — paratōni gharā jāvēm tumhīm — all of you, give me bidding-farewell — return home, you. Bōḷavaṇa = the traditional ritual-of-bidding-farewell (when a relative leaves home, the family gives bōḷavaṇa by walking with them part-way and then turning back).
The blessings: karma-dharmēm tumhām asāvēm kalyāṇa — ghyā mājhēm vacana āśīrvāda — by karma-dharma may there be kalyāṇa for you — take my vacana as blessings. The parting-blessing-as-vacana.
The handover: vāḍhavūni dilōm ēkāciyē hātīm — sakaḷa niścintī jālī tēthē — I have raised and given into one's hand — all niścinta there. Vāḍhavūni = having raised / brought up; into one's hand (= into the Lord's-hand). I have raised and entrusted everything into the Lord's hand — all worry-free there. (= the handover-to-divine-care of all-his-affairs.)
The going: ātām maja jāṇē prāṇēśvarā-savē — mājhiyā bhāvē anusaralōm — now I must go with the prāṇēśvara — by my own bhāva, I have followed. Prāṇēśvara = Lord-of-life-breath (Viṣṇu); anusaralōm = I have followed. I have followed by my own bhāva (= devotion / inclination).
The warning: vāḍhavitām lōbha hō'īla usīra — avaghīñca sthira karā ṭhāyīm — if lōbha grows, there will be delay — make all steady in place. Don't let attachment grow now; that would delay (the divine-departure). Make all steady — don't agitate.
The closing: Tukā mhaṇē ātām jālī hē chi bhēṭī — uralyā tyā gōṣṭī bōlāvayā — Tuka says: now this very has been the bhēṭī (meeting) — the remaining are matters for speaking. (= this is the meeting; what remains is just words.)
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For someone today
For today: all of you, give me bidding-farewell — go return to your homes; by karma-dharma, may welfare be yours — take my words as blessings; I have raised and given everything into one's hand — all is worry-free there; now I must go with the Lord-of-breath — I have followed by my own devotion; if attachment grows, there will be delay — make everything steady in place; dharma-artha-kāma have come to one place — those who joined hand-to-hand; Tuka says — now this very has been the meeting — the rest is just words.
Where this applies
- When you have to say goodbye to people you love and want to bless them before you go
- When you have already handed a worry or responsibility over to someone you trust, and can finally stop fretting about it
- When you feel pulled to follow your own conscience even though it means leaving people behind
- When someone's grief or clinging threatens to drag out a goodbye that needs to happen