Abhanga 1989
When your spiritual longing is finally fulfilled, the sense of separate ownership dissolves and you find you no longer need anything from outside your circle of devotion.
The verse
जालें पीक आम्हां अवघा सुकाळ । घेऊं अवघा काळ प्रेमसुख ॥१॥ जाली अराणुक अवघियांपासून । अवघा गेला सीण भाग आतां ॥ध्रु.॥ अवघा जाला आम्हां एक पांडुरंग । आतां नाहीं जग माझें तुझें ॥२॥ अवघे चि आम्ही ल्यालों अळंकार । शोभलों हि फार अवघ्यांवरी ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे आम्ही सदेवांचे दास । करणें न लगे आस आणिकांची ॥४॥ ॥६॥
Literal translation
Got harvest — abundance everywhere — we'll have prema-sukha all the time. Leisure came from everything — all fatigue-share gone now. Everything became — for us — one Pāṇḍuranga — no my-and-yours world now. All-of-us put-on ornaments — shone-much over all. Tuka says: we are dāsas of those-with-Dēva — no need to hope for others. ॥6॥
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| जालें पीक आम्हां अवघा सुकाळ | "we got harvest — abundance everywhere" |
| घेऊं अवघा काळ प्रेमसुख | "we'll have prema-sukha all the time" |
| जाली अराणुक अवघियांपासून | "leisure came — from everything" |
| अवघा गेला सीण भाग आतां | "all fatigue-share gone now" |
| अवघा जाला आम्हां एक पांडुरंग | "everything became — for us — one Pāṇḍuranga" |
| आतां नाहीं जग माझें तुझें | "no my-and-yours world now" |
| अवघे चि आम्ही ल्यालों अळंकार | "all-of-us put-on ornaments" |
| शोभलों हि फार अवघ्यांवरी | "we shone-much over all" |
| तुका म्हणे आम्ही सदेवांचे दास | "Tuka says — we are dāsas of those-with-Dēva" |
| करणें न लगे आस आणिकांची | "no need to hope for others" |
| ॥६॥ | "colophon-6 — closes 6-abhang sub-cluster (1984-1989)" |
What it means
Abundance-prema-sukha + one-Pāṇḍuranga-no-my-yours abhang. CLOSES 6-ABHANG SUB-CLUSTER (1984-1989).
The opening — harvest-abundance: jālē pīka āmhām avaghā sukāḷa — ghē'ūm avaghā kāḷa prēma-sukha — we got harvest, abundance everywhere — we'll have prema-sukha all the time. Spiritual-harvest + sukāḷa (= contrast to dukāḷa, famine — Tukārām's own historical-context); prema-sukha continuously.
The leisure: jālī arāṇuka avaghiyāmpāsūna — avaghā gēlā sīṇa bhāga ātām — leisure came from everything — all fatigue-share gone. Echoes 1949's arāṇūka samvasārā hātī — finally, leisure-from-everything.
THE ADVAITA-CLIMAX: avaghā jālā āmhām ēka Pāṇḍuranga — ātām nāhīm jaga mājhē tujhē — everything became one Pāṇḍuranga — no my-and-yours world now. One-Pāṇḍuranga-everywhere; no-mine-and-yours. The classic non-difference realization.
The ornament-shining: avaghē chi āmhī lyālōm alankāra — śōbhalōm hi phāra avaghyāmvarī — all-of-us put-on ornaments — shone-much over all. All-bhaktas wear-ornaments; shine-over-all (= the saints' company collectively-shines).
The closing-declaration: Tukā mhaṇē āmhī sa-Dēvāñchē dāsa — karaṇē na lagē āsa āṇikāñcī — Tuka says: we are dāsas of those-with-Dēva — no need to hope for others. Sa-Dēva = with-Dēva (= sa-deva, those-with-the-Lord, i.e., the saints). We-are-the-saints'-dāsas; we-don't-need-to-hope-for-others.
The colophon ॥६॥ confirms the 6-abhang sub-cluster (1984-1989).
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For someone today
For today: we got harvest, abundance everywhere — prema-sukha all the time; leisure came from everything — fatigue gone; everything became one Pāṇḍuranga — no my-and-yours world; all-of-us put-on ornaments — shone over all; Tuka says — we are dāsas of those-with-Dēva — no need to hope for others.
Where this applies
- When years of striving finally pay off and you feel a deep sense of abundance and relief
- When you notice the exhausting habit of keeping score between mine and yours starting to fade
- When you find belonging in a group of people who share your values and stop looking outside that circle for validation
- When you realize you don't need to chase approval or help from people who don't share your path