संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2010 of 4582

Abhanga 2010

Since the truth of your heart is already known within, there is no need to justify yourself or chatter to convince others.

When you feel pressured to defend your actions to people even though your conscience is clear

When you catch yourself over-explaining just to be understood or approved of

When you feel weighed down trying to prove that something outside your control was not your fault

The verse

आम्ही बोलों तें तुज कळे । एक दोहीं ठायीं खेळे ॥१॥ काय परिहाराचें काम । जाणें अंतरींचें राम ॥ध्रु.॥ कळोनियां काय चाड । माझी लोकांसी बडबड ॥२॥ कारण सवें एका । अवघें आहे म्हणे तुका ॥३॥

Literal translation

What we speak — you know — the one plays in both places. What's the use of justification — Rāma knows the inside. Knowing already — what use my chatter to people? Tuka says: the cause is with the One — all is in him.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
आम्ही बोलों तें तुज कळे	"what we speak — you know"
एक दोहीं ठायीं खेळे	"the one plays in both places"
काय परिहाराचें काम	"what's the use of justification"
जाणें अंतरींचें राम	"Rāma knows the inside"
कळोनियां काय चाड	"knowing already — what use"
माझी लोकांसी बडबड	"my chatter to people"
कारण सवें एका	"the cause is with the One"
अवघें आहे म्हणे तुका	"Tuka says — all is in him"

What it means

No-need-for-justification-Lord-knows-inside abhang.

The opening: āmhī bōlōm tē tuja kaḷē — ēka dōhīm ṭhāyīm khēḷē — what we speak — you know — the one plays in both places. The Lord-knows-what-we-speak; he-plays in-both-places (= in speaker and listener).

The no-justification: kāya parihārāchē kāma — jāṇē antarīñchē Rāma — what's the use of justification — Rāma knows the inside. Parihāra = defense, explanation, justification. No-need-for-defense; Rāma-knows the-inside.

The futility-of-people-chatter: kaḷōniyām kāya chāḍa — mājhī lōkāmsī baḍabaḍa — knowing already — what use — my chatter to people?. Since-(the Lord)-already-knows, why-do-I-chatter to-people?.

The closing: kāraṇa savē ēkā — avaghē āhē mhaṇē Tukā — Tuka says: the cause is with the One — all is in him. The cause-of-everything is-with-the-One; all-is-in-him. Single-causation collapse.

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For someone today

For today: what we speak — you know — the one plays in both places; what's the use of justification — Rāma knows the inside; knowing already — what use my chatter to people?; Tuka says — the cause is with the One — all is in him.

Where this applies

When you feel the urge to explain or defend yourself to someone even though your intentions are already clear
When you catch yourself talking just to convince other people rather than to say something true
When you are anxious about being misunderstood despite knowing your own heart is honest
When you feel burdened by needing to justify an outcome that was never fully in your control

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