Abhanga 1892

For today: now it is good — the burden of my head has come off; this drudgery has stopped — the head's-mountain-burden; without anything to gain, many do tearing-asunder; the accounting is done — Tuka says — pain has gone.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

Burden-off-head + accounting-done abhang. Companion to 1891.

The opening: ātām barē jālē — mājhē māthāñcē nighālē — now it is good — the (burden) of my head has come off. Relief-statement — the head's-load is now-removed.

The drudgery-line: cukalī hē mara-mara — bhāra māthāñcē ḍōngara — this drudgery has stopped — the head's-mountain-burden. Mara-mara = the dying-and-dying / drudgery; ḍōngara = mountain. The mountain-of-the-head has-finally-come-off.

The world's-tearing line: nasatām kāhīm jōḍī — karitī bahutē taḍā-tōḍī — without anything to gain — many do tearing-asunder. Jōḍī = gain, profit; taḍā-tōḍī = tearing-and-cutting / disputes. In the world, even-without-anything-to-gain, many-fight-and-tear-each-other-apart. (= world's-pointless-disputation; the bhakta has-stepped-away-from-it.)

The closing: jālā jhāḍā-pāḍā — Tukā mhaṇē gēlī pīḍā — the accounting is done — Tuka says — pain has gone. Jhāḍā-pāḍā = the accounting / formal-balance. Once-the-accounting-is-handed-over-to-the-Lord, the pain-of-it-departs.

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For someone today

For today: now it is good — the burden of my head has come off; this drudgery has stopped — the head's-mountain-burden; without anything to gain, many do tearing-asunder; the accounting is done — Tuka says — pain has gone.

Where this applies

• Burden-off-head-now-good.* Māthāñcē-nighālē.
• Drudgery-stopped-mountain-head-burden.* Mara-mara-cukalī-māthā-ḍōngara.
• World-fights-without-gain.* Nasatām-jōḍī-taḍā-tōḍī.
• Accounting-done-pain-gone.* Jhāḍā-pāḍā-pīḍā-gēlī.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2374
• Abhanga 2377 — English: Gentle, sweet bāla-rūpa — that form from Kāḷī-time.
• Abhanga 2387
• Abhanga 2402