Abhanga 2092
God fulfills what genuinely delights your heart and asks nothing elaborate in return, only that you say the Name with love, being present everywhere with endless compassion.
The verse
जें जें मना वाटे गोड । तें तें कोड पुरविसी ॥१॥ आतां तूं चि बाह्यात्कारीं । अवघ्यापरी जालासी ॥ध्रु.॥ नाहीं सायासाचें काम । घेतां नाम आवडी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सर्वसांगे । पांडुरंगे दयाळे ॥३॥
Literal translation
Whatever pleases the mind — you fulfill that fondness. Now you are external too — you've become in every way. No work of effort — taking the Name with love. Tuka says: all-attendant — Pāṇḍurange, the compassionate.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| जें जें मना वाटे गोड | "whatever pleases the mind" |
| तें तें कोड पुरविसी | "you fulfill that fondness" |
| आतां तूं चि बाह्यात्कारीं | "now you are external too" |
| अवघ्यापरी जालासी | "you've become in every way" |
| नाहीं सायासाचें काम | "no work of effort" |
| घेतां नाम आवडी | "taking the Name with love" |
| तुका म्हणे सर्वसांगे | "Tuka says — all-attendant" |
| पांडुरंगे दयाळे | "Pāṇḍurange, the compassionate" |
What it means
Lord-fulfills-every-wish + no-effort-only-Name-with-love abhang.
The opening: jē jē manā vāṭē gōḍa — tē tē kōḍa puravisī — whatever pleases the mind — you fulfill that fondness. Whatever-the-mind-finds-sweet, you fulfill (the kōḍa = fondness).
The external-too: ātām tūm chi bāhyātkārīm — avaghyāparī jālāsī — now you are external too — you've become in every way. You've-become-both inner-and-outer; in-every-way.
The no-effort: nāhīm sāyāsāchē kāma — ghētām Nāma āvaḍī — no work of effort — taking the Name with love. No-effort-needed; just-take-the-Name with-love (āvaḍī).
The closing: Tukā mhaṇē sarva-sāngē — Pāṇḍurangē dayāḷē — Tuka says: all-attendant — Pāṇḍurange, the compassionate. Sarva-sāngē = with-everything-attended (= attentive everywhere). Pāṇḍurangē attentive-everywhere, compassionate.
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For someone today
For today: whatever pleases the mind — you fulfill that fondness; now you are external too — you've become in every way; no work of effort — taking the Name with love; Tuka says — all-attendant — Pāṇḍurange, the compassionate.
Where this applies
- When you think devotion requires exhausting effort or complicated ritual rather than simple, loving attention
- When you worry that your simple, heartfelt practice is not enough compared to elaborate spiritual work
- When you feel unseen or unsupported and need reassurance that care is present in every part of your life, inner and outer
- When you want to simplify an overcomplicated spiritual practice back down to love and repetition of the Name