संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1950 of 4582

Abhanga 1950

Getting lost in busyness and forgetting what matters most is common, but a bond that is truly yours can still be renewed after a long break.

When you realize you drifted away from someone or something important simply because you were caught up in your own affairs

When you accept that some relationships naturally break while others naturally endure, without blaming yourself too harshly

When you reconnect after a long silence and feel hopeful that old distractions might finally loosen their hold on you

The verse

बहु दिस नाहीं माहेरिंची भेटी । जाली होती तुटी व्यवसायें ॥१॥ आपुल्याला होतों गुंतलों व्यासंगें । नाहीं त्या प्रसंगें आठवलें ॥ध्रु.॥ तुटातें तुटतें जडती जडलें । आहे तें आपुलें आपणापें ॥२॥ बहु निरोपाचें पावलें उत्तर । जवळी च पर एक तें ही ॥३॥ काय जाणों मोह होईंल सांडिला । बहु दिस तुटला तुका म्हणे ॥४॥

Literal translation

For many days no māhēra-meeting — break had come from busy-work. Was tangled in my own pursuits — did not remember in those occasions. What breaks breaks — what joins joined — what is, is mine to me. Much message-reply got — near is the other one too. Tuka says: who knows, moha will be cast off — for many days broken.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
बहु दिस नाहीं माहेरिंची भेटी	"for many days no māhēra-meeting"
जाली होती तुटी व्यवसायें	"break had come from busy-work"
आपुल्याला होतों गुंतलों व्यासंगें	"was tangled in my own pursuits"
नाहीं त्या प्रसंगें आठवलें	"did not remember in those occasions"
तुटातें तुटतें जडती जडलें	"what breaks breaks — what joins joined"
आहे तें आपुलें आपणापें	"what is — is mine to me"
बहु निरोपाचें पावलें उत्तर	"much message-reply got"
जवळी च पर एक तें ही	"near is the other one too"
काय जाणों मोह होईंल सांडिला	"who knows — moha will be cast off"
बहु दिस तुटला तुका म्हणे	"for many days broken — Tuka says"

What it means

Resuming-broken-māhēra-contact abhang.

The opening: bahu disa nāhīm māhēriñcī bhēṭī — jālī hōtī tuṭī vyavasāyē — for many days no māhēra-meeting — break had come from busy-work. The bhakta-confesses: the connection-with-the-Lord broke-because-of-worldly-business.

The own-pursuits: āpulyālā hōtōm guntalōm vyāsangē — nāhīm tyā prasangē āṭhavalē — was tangled in my own pursuits — did not remember in those occasions. The bhakta admits-forgetting.

The natural-law-of-relationships: tuṭātē tuṭatē jaḍatī jaḍalē — āhē tē āpulē āpaṇāpē — what breaks breaks, what joins joined — what is, is mine to me. Acceptance: some-relationships-break, some-stay; what-stays is-truly-mine.

The closing: kāya jāṇōm mōha hō'īla sāṇḍilā — bahu disa tuṭalā Tukā mhaṇē — who knows, moha will be cast off — for many days broken. Hope: now-that-the-saints-have-come, perhaps-moha-will-finally-be-shed.

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For someone today

For today: for many days no māhēra-meeting — break from busy-work; was tangled in own pursuits, didn't remember; what breaks breaks, what joins joined — what is, is mine to me; much message-reply got — near is the other one too; Tuka says — who knows moha will be cast off — many days broken.

Where this applies

When you realize you have not spoken to family, an old friend, or your own spiritual practice in a long time because you were simply busy
When you feel guilty about a relationship that faded, but recognize you did not mean to abandon it
When you notice that some connections in your life have quietly ended while others have stayed strong on their own
When you get a message or sign after a long silence and feel hope that the old closeness can return

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