Abhanga 2091
For today: the running is over — take me in arms — I can't walk further on feet; compassionate Pāṇḍurange — body-companion, dear jīva; remove all hunger — all birth's duḥkha; Tuka says — can't speak — give breast, viśvarē (universal-mother).
The verse
पुरली धांव कडिये घेई । पुढें पायीं न चलवीं ॥१॥ कृपाळुवे पांडुरंगे । अंगसंगे जिवलगे ॥ध्रु.॥ अवघी निवारावी भूक । अवघ्या दुःख जन्माचें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे बोलवेना । लावीं स्तनां विश्वरें ॥३॥
Literal translation
The running is over — take me in arms — I can't walk further on feet. Compassionate Pāṇḍurange — body-companion, dear jīva. Remove all hunger — all birth's duḥkha. Tuka says: can't speak — give breast, viśvarē (universal-mother).
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| पुरली धांव कडिये घेई | "the running is over — take me in arms" |
| पुढें पायीं न चलवीं | "I can't walk further on feet" |
| कृपाळुवे पांडुरंगे | "compassionate Pāṇḍurange" |
| अंगसंगे जिवलगे | "body-companion, dear jīva" |
| अवघी निवारावी भूक | "remove all hunger" |
| अवघ्या दुःख जन्माचें | "all birth's duḥkha" |
| तुका म्हणे बोलवेना | "Tuka says — can't speak" |
| लावीं स्तनां विश्वरें | "give breast — viśvarē (universal-mother)" |
What it means
Take-me-in-arms + Lord-as-Mother-give-breast abhang. OPENS 3-abhang Mother-Lord cluster (2091-2093).
The opening — child-exhaustion: puralī dhāmva kaḍiyē ghē'ī — puḍhē pāyīm na chalavīm — the running is over — take me in arms — I can't walk further on feet. The running's-done; take-me-in-arms (kaḍiyē); I-can't-walk-further on-feet. The child-image: exhausted toddler, picked-up by-mother.
The compassionate-companion: kṛpāḷuvē Pāṇḍurangē — anga-sangē jivalagē — compassionate Pāṇḍurange — body-companion, dear jīva. Pāṇḍurangē (feminine-vocative); the body-companion, dear-jīva (jivalagē).
The hunger-and-birth-duḥkha: avaghī nivārāvī bhūka — avaghyā duḥkha janmāchē — remove all hunger — all birth's duḥkha. Remove-all-hunger and-all-birth-suffering.
THE BREAST-FEEDING IMAGE: Tukā mhaṇē bōlavēnā — lāvīm stanām viśvarē — Tuka says: can't speak — give breast, viśvarē. Viśvarē = the universal-mother. Can't-speak (= the speechless child); give-me-breast, O-universal-mother. One of Tukārām's most-tender Lord-as-Mother images.
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For someone today
For today: the running is over — take me in arms — I can't walk further on feet; compassionate Pāṇḍurange — body-companion, dear jīva; remove all hunger — all birth's duḥkha; Tuka says — can't speak — give breast, viśvarē (universal-mother).
Where this applies
- When you are exhausted from trying to manage everything through your own strength and just want to stop struggling
- When you cannot find words to explain your pain and only want comfort, not explanations
- When you are carrying deep, ongoing hurt and long for tender care rather than more effort
- When you need permission to simply surrender and be taken care of instead of pushing forward