Abhanga 2075
Ask for nothing but freedom from distraction, accept what comes while repeating the name, and keep your mind on one path instead of letting it split into many.
The verse
आतां माझ्या भावा । अंतराय नको देवा ॥१॥ आलें भागा तें करितों । तुझें नाम उच्चारितों ॥ध्रु.॥ दृढ माझें मन । येथें राखावें बांधोन ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे वाटे । नको फुटों देऊं फांटे ॥३॥ ॥३॥
Literal translation
Now to my bhāva — no obstruction, Deva. Whatever comes to portion, I do — I utter your Name. My firm mind — keep it bound here. Tuka says: to the path — don't let it split into forks. ॥3॥
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आतां माझ्या भावा | "now to my bhāva" |
| अंतराय नको देवा | "no obstruction, Deva" |
| आलें भागा तें करितों | "whatever comes to portion, I do" |
| तुझें नाम उच्चारितों | "I utter your Name" |
| दृढ माझें मन | "my firm mind" |
| येथें राखावें बांधोन | "keep it bound here" |
| तुका म्हणे वाटे | "Tuka says — to the path" |
| नको फुटों देऊं फांटे | "don't let it split into forks" |
| ॥३॥ | "colophon-3 — closes 3-abhang feet-on-brick cluster (2073-2075)" |
What it means
No-obstruction-to-bhāva + don't-let-path-fork abhang. CLOSES 3-ABHANG FEET-ON-BRICK CLUSTER (2073-2075).
The opening: ātām mājhyā bhāvā — antarāya nakō Dēvā — now to my bhāva — no obstruction, Deva. No-obstruction now-to-my-bhāva — Deva.
The acceptance: ālē bhāgā tē karitōm — tujhē Nāma uchchāritōm — whatever comes to portion, I do — I utter your Name. Take-what-comes; meanwhile-utter-your-Name.
The mind-anchor: dṛḍha mājhē mana — yēthē rākhāvē bāndhōna — my firm mind — keep it bound here. Keep-my-firm-mind anchored-here (at-the-feet).
The closing — no-forks: Tukā mhaṇē vāṭē — nakō phuṭōm dē'ūm phāmṭē — Tuka says: to the path — don't let it split into forks. Phāmṭē = forks, branches (of a road). Don't-let-the-path fork-into-branches — keep it single-and-straight.
Colophon ॥३॥ confirms 3-abhang feet-on-brick cluster (2073-2075).
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For someone today
For today: now to my bhāva — no obstruction, Deva; whatever comes to portion, I do — I utter your Name; my firm mind — keep it bound here; Tuka says — to the path — don't let it split into forks.
Where this applies
- When your faith keeps getting interrupted by daily distractions and worries
- When you are tempted to complain about the work or circumstances handed to you instead of just doing them
- When your attention keeps drifting between too many pursuits and you feel scattered
- When you are torn between several paths and need to commit to one to make real progress