Abhanga 2119
Surrendering your worries and your wandering mind to God brings real peace, because protecting someone who has taken refuge is effortless for him.
The verse
याचिया आधारें राहिलों निश्चिंत । ठेवूनियां चित्ती पायीं सुखें ॥१॥ माझें सुखदुःख जाणे हित फार । घातलासे भार पांडुरंगा ॥ध्रु.॥ कृपेचीं पोसणीं ठायींचीं अंखिलीं । म्हणऊनि लागली यास चिंता ॥२॥ मन राखे हातीं घेऊनियां काठी । इंद्रियें तापटीं फांकों नेदी ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे यासी अवघड नाहीं । शरणागता कांहीं रक्षावया ॥४॥
Literal translation
By this support I stayed unworried — placing chitta on feet, happily. He knows my sukha-duḥkha — much hita — the burden's been placed on Pāṇḍuranga. Mercy's foster-children, place-bound subjects — therefore worry attached to him. Holds mind with stick in hand — doesn't let indriya-strikers wander. Tuka says: no difficulty for him — to save the śaraṇāgata.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| याचिया आधारें राहिलों निश्चिंत | "by this support I stayed unworried" |
| ठेवूनियां चित्ती पायीं सुखें | "placing chitta on feet, happily" |
| माझें सुखदुःख जाणे हित फार | "he knows my sukha-duḥkha — much hita" |
| घातलासे भार पांडुरंगा | "the burden's been placed on Pāṇḍuranga" |
| कृपेचीं पोसणीं ठायींचीं अंखिलीं | "mercy's foster-children, place-bound subjects" |
| म्हणऊनि लागली यास चिंता | "therefore worry attached to him" |
| मन राखे हातीं घेऊनियां काठी | "holds mind with stick in hand" |
| इंद्रियें तापटीं फांकों नेदी | "doesn't let indriya-strikers wander" |
| तुका म्हणे यासी अवघड नाहीं | "Tuka says — no difficulty for him" |
| शरणागता कांहीं रक्षावया | "to save the śaraṇāgata" |
What it means
Burden-on-Pāṇḍuranga + mind-and-indriyas-controlled-by-him + no-difficulty-saving-śaraṇāgata abhang.
The opening — unworried: yāchiyā ādhārē rāhilōm niśchinta — ṭhēvūniyām chittī pāyīm sukhē — by this support I stayed unworried — placing chitta on feet, happily. Niśchinta (unworried) by-the-Lord's-support; chitta-placed-on-feet, happily.
The burden-transferred: mājhē sukha-duḥkha jāṇē hita phāra — ghātalāsē bhāra Pāṇḍurangā — he knows my sukha-duḥkha — much hita — the burden's been placed on Pāṇḍuranga. He-knows; the burden is-placed on Pāṇḍuranga. (= echoes 2011, 2096.)
The foster-children: kṛpēchīm pōsaṇīm ṭhāyīñchīm ankhilīm — mhaṇaūni lāgalī yāsa chintā — mercy's foster-children, place-bound subjects — therefore worry attached to him. Pōsaṇīm = foster-children; ankhilīm = place-bound subjects/dependents. We-are mercy's-foster-children, his-place-bound-subjects; that's-why he-worries-about-us.
The mind-discipline: mana rākhē hātīm ghē'ūniyām kāṭhī — indriyē tāpaṭī phānkōm nēdī — holds mind with stick in hand — doesn't let indriya-strikers wander. He-holds-the-mind with-stick; doesn't-let the-indriya-strikers (= the wandering senses) scatter.
The closing: Tukā mhaṇē yāsī avaghaḍa nāhīm — śaraṇāgatā kāhīm rakṣāvayā — no difficulty for him — to save the śaraṇāgata. Easy-for-him to-save śaraṇāgata.
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For someone today
For today: by his support I stayed unworried — chitta on feet; he knows my sukha-duḥkha — burden on Pāṇḍuranga; mercy's foster-children — that's why worry attached to him; holds mind with stick — doesn't let indriyas wander; Tuka says — no difficulty — to save śaraṇāgata.
Where this applies
- When you're carrying a worry that isn't really yours to solve and need to hand it over.
- When your mind and senses feel restless and pulled in every direction.
- When you doubt whether you deserve God's care or protection.
- When you need reassurance, after truly surrendering, that you are safe.