Abhanga 1698
When God fills your whole mind, there's no empty space left for longing to wander into, and his steadiness becomes the post that keeps your mind from drifting.
The verse
आठवों नेंदी आवडी आणीक । भरूनियां लोक तिन्ही राहे ॥१॥ मन धांवे तेथें तिचें चि दुभतें । संपूर्ण आइतें सर्वकाळ ॥ध्रु.॥ न लगे वोळावीं इंद्रियें धांवतां । ठाव नाहीं रिता उरों दिला ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे समपाउलाचा खुंट । केला बळकट हालों नेदी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Won't allow another to be remembered with longing — filling the three lokas, (he) stays. Mind runs there — that very is its milking — complete-ready all-time. No need to recall the running indriyas — no empty place is left to remain. Tuka says: the post of equal-feet — made firm, won't let move.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आठवों नेंदी आवडी आणीक | "won't allow — to be remembered — with longing — another" |
| भरूनियां लोक तिन्ही राहे | "filling — three lokas — stays" |
| मन धांवे तेथें तिचें चि दुभतें | "mind runs — there — its very — milking" |
| संपूर्ण आइतें सर्वकाळ | "complete-ready — all-time" |
| न लगे वोळावीं इंद्रियें धांवतां | "no need — to recall — indriyas running" |
| ठाव नाहीं रिता उरों दिला | "no empty place — left to remain" |
| तुका म्हणे समपाउलाचा खुंट | "Tuka says — equal-foot — post" |
| केला बळकट हालों नेदी | "made firm — won't let move" |
What it means
Lord-fills-three-lokas-no-room-for-other + sama-pā'ulā-khuṇṭa-firm abhang.
The opening: āṭhavōm nēṇdī āvaḍī āṇīka — bharūniyām lōka tinhī rāhē — won't allow another to be remembered with longing — filling the three-lokas, stays. Once the Lord fills all three-lokas, no other-thing has room to be remembered.
The mind-milking: mana dhāvē tēthē ticēm chi dubhatēm — sampūrṇa ā'itēm sarva-kāḷa — mind runs there — its very milking — complete-ready all-time. Dubhatē = milking (= the milk-giving moment). Wherever the mind runs, the milk-giving is right-there; everything fully-ready always.
The no-empty-place: na lagē vōḷāvīm indriyē dhāvatām — ṭhāva nāhīm ritā urōm dilā — no need to recall the running indriyas — no empty place left. No need to call-back the running-senses; there's no empty-place left for them to run-into.
The closing: Tukā mhaṇē sama-pā'ulācā khuṇṭa — kēlā baḷa-kaṭa hālōm nēdī — Tuka says: the post of equal-feet — made firm, won't let move. Sama-pā'ulā khuṇṭa = the equal-foot-post (= Viṭṭhal-on-the-brick standing with both feet equal — that very is the firm-post that holds-the-mind). Won't let (the mind) move.
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For someone today
For today: (the Lord) won't allow any other to be remembered with longing — he fills the three lokas and stays; wherever the mind runs, that very is the milk-giving — complete-ready all-time; no need to recall the running senses — no empty place is left for them to run-into; Tuka says — the post of his equal-feet — made firm, won't let (the mind) move.
Where this applies
- When you're tempted to chase after other desires because you feel unsatisfied
- When your mind keeps wandering and you fear it will never settle down
- When you're trying to control your senses through sheer willpower alone
- When you need something steady to anchor a restless, scattered mind