Abhanga 2065

When you are worn out by an unresolved conflict, stop worrying about appearances and speak honestly to settle it fairly on equal terms.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

Today-was-suitable-day-to-quarrel + cancel-the-deal-make-it-equal abhang. CLOSES 3-ABHANG CHINTANA-CLUSTER (2063-2065).

The opening: vēra-jhārīm jālā sīṇa — bahu kēlē kṣīda-kṣīṇa — bhāṇḍaṇāsī dina — āji yēthē phāvalā — by trips fatigue happened — much weakness made — quarrel-day — today here was suitable. Many trips have-fatigued me; today is-the-suitable-day to-quarrel-it-out.

The cancel-the-deal move: ātām kāya bhīḍa bhāra — dharūniyām lōka-chāra — buḍavūni vēvhāra — sarōbarī karāvī — now what hesitation-and-burden — holding to public-opinion — let's drown the deal — make it equal. Sarōbarī = equal-level, balanced. Drown-the-deal (= cancel-it); let's-make-it-equal. Echoes 2016's "we'd cast aside the deal".

The wise-up call: ālē bahutāñchyā manā — kām rē na hōsī śāhāṇā — muḷīñchyā vachanā — āmhī jāgōm āpulyā — has come to many minds — why don't you become wise — to the original-words — we keep awake to our own. Many-now-think-so; why-don't-you-become-wise to-the-original-promises; we-keep-awake to-our-own-(side-of-the-pact).

The closing: Tukā mhaṇē chaughāmadhīm — tuja nēlē hōtē ādhīm — ātām nāmadhīm — urī kāhīm rāhilī — Tuka says: amid the fourfold — you were taken earlier — now what name-pride — some remainder left. You-were-taken-to-the-fourfold-council earlier; now there's some-name-pride-remainder left. Continuing the legal-arbitration thread.

Colophon ॥३॥ confirms 3-abhang chintana-cluster (2063-2065).

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For someone today

For today: by trips fatigue happened — much weakness — quarrel-day, today here was suitable; now what hesitation-burden — holding to public-opinion — let's drown the deal — make it equal; has come to many minds — why don't you become wise — to original-words — we keep awake to our own; Tuka says — amid the fourfold — you were taken earlier — now what name-pride — some remainder left.

Where this applies

• When you are exhausted from an unresolved back-and-forth with someone and decide today is the day to finally speak plainly
• When you catch yourself avoiding an honest conversation because you are worried about appearances or what others will think
• When people around you agree you have a fair point and urge the other side to honor an old promise
• When you realize a past disagreement was never truly settled and something still needs to be resolved

Related verses

• Abhanga 2448 — The easiest path to God is repeating divine names with love at home, right where you are,
• Abhanga 2467 — What looks like your whole world, like a fig to the insect living inside it, is only a tin
• Abhanga 2494 — Living in devotion turns an ordinary day into a festival and removes the fear of birth and
• Abhanga 4481 — Tukaram promises that sincerely calling on the Lord's name, knowingly or unknowingly, with