Abhanga 1636
Coveting another person's wealth or spouse quietly carries its own downfall with you, and that consequence always arrives, whether quickly or slowly.
The verse
परद्रव्यपरनारीचा अभिळास । तेथूनि हारास सर्वभाग्या ॥१॥ घटिका दिवस मास वरुषें लागेतीन । बांधलें पतन गांठोडीस ॥ध्रु.॥ पुढें घात त्याचा रोकडा शकुन । पुढें करी गुण निश्चयेंसी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे एकां तडतांथवड । काळ लागे नाड परी खरा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Para-dravya-para-nārī's lust — from there, loss of all bhāgya. Eventually by ghaṭikā-day-month-year — patana bound to gāṇṭhōḍī. Ahead, destruction — clear-cash omen — future makes its guṇa with niścaya. Tuka says: for some, snap-snap-quick — Time takes a tug, but truly.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| परद्रव्यपरनारीचा अभिळास | "para-dravya-para-nārī's — lust (abhilāṣa)" |
| तेथूनि हारास सर्वभाग्या | "from there — loss — of all bhāgya" |
| घटिका दिवस मास वरुषें लागेतीन | "ghaṭikā, day, month, year — eventually" |
| बांधलें पतन गांठोडीस | "bound — patana — to (the) gāṇṭhōḍī" |
| पुढें घात त्याचा रोकडा शकुन | "ahead — destruction — clear-cash — omen" |
| पुढें करी गुण निश्चयेंसी | "future — makes — guṇa — with niścaya" |
| तुका म्हणे एकां तडतांथवड | "Tuka says — for some — snap-snap-quick" |
| काळ लागे नाड परी खरा | "Time — takes a tug (lāgē nāḍa) — but — truly" |
What it means
Para-dravya-para-nārī-lust = bhāgya-loss + patana-bound abhang.
The opening warning: para-dravya-para-nārīcā abhilāṣa — tēthūni hārāsa sarva-bhāgyā — lust for others' wealth and others' women — from there, loss of all bhāgya. Para-dravya = another's wealth; para-nārī = another's wife; abhilāṣa = desire / lust. (Compare 1614's one-false-word-destroys-all-merit — same one-sin-destroys-everything logic.)
The patana-bound: ghaṭikā divasa māsa varuṣē lāgētīna — bāndhalēm patana gāṇṭhōḍīsa — eventually by ghaṭikā-day-month-year — patana is bound to the gāṇṭhōḍī (bundle). Lāgētīna = eventually, in due time; gāṇṭhōḍī = the small cloth-bundle one carries. The patana-fall is bound (= packed-in-and-tied) into one's bundle — carried-with-oneself unknowingly.
The omen-warning: puḍhē ghāta tyācā rōkaḍā śakuna — puḍhē karī guṇa niścayēmsī — ahead, destruction — clear-cash omen — future makes its guṇa decisively. Rōkaḍā śakuna = cash-down omen (= the omen will appear in advance, paying-out clearly); guṇa karī niścayēmsī = makes its quality with niścaya (= certain action).
The closing-note on timing: Tukā mhaṇē ēkām taḍa-tāmthavaḍa — kāḷa lāgē nāḍa parī kharā — Tuka says: for some, snap-snap-quick — Time takes a tug, but truly. Taḍa-tāmthavaḍa = snap-snap, immediate-immediate; lāgē nāḍa = takes a tug / pulls slowly. For some, retribution comes immediately; for others, Time takes a slow-tug — but it comes truly.
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For someone today
For today: lust for others' wealth and others' women — from there comes the loss of all good-fortune; eventually, over hours, days, months, and years, the patana-fall is bound up in your own cloth-bundle; ahead lies destruction — its omen pays out clearly — the future does its work decisively; Tuka says — for some it comes snap-snap-quick — for others Time takes a slow-tug, but it comes truly.
मराठी: आजसाठी: परक्याच्या धनाचा आणि परक्याच्या स्त्रीचा लोभ — यातूनच सगळं भाग्य नाहीसं होतं; कालांतराने, घटिका, दिवस, महिने आणि वर्षे उलटता उलटता, पतन तुझ्याच गाठोडीत बांधलं जातं; पुढे विनाश वाढून ठेवलेला असतो — त्याचं शकुन आधीच रोखठोक दिसतं — भविष्य आपलं काम निश्चयाने करतं; तुका म्हणतो — काहींना ते चटकन घडतं — काहींना काळ हळूहळू ओढत नेतो, पण खरंच घडतं.
Where this applies
- When you feel tempted to covet or take something that belongs to someone else, whether money or a relationship
- When you assume a wrong action has no consequence just because nothing bad has happened yet
- When you notice early warning signs of trouble ahead and are tempted to ignore them
- When you feel impatient watching someone get away with wrongdoing and wonder if justice is real