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Abhanga 2129

In sudden hardship, crying out to God without restraint, the way a child cries, brings a comfort that fully satisfies the heart's deepest longing.

When a sudden crisis or heavy burden makes you cry out for help without holding back.

When basic physical suffering, hunger, thirst, heat, or cold wears you down and you need relief.

When you want reassurance that being held in love, not solving everything yourself, is what truly satisfies you.

The verse

कांहीं जडभारी । पडतां ते अवश्वरी ॥१॥ तुज आठवावे पाय । आम्हीं मोकलूनि धाय ॥ध्रु.॥ तान पीडी भूक । शीत उष्ण वाटे दुःख ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे लाड । तेथें पुरे माझें कोड ॥३॥

Literal translation

Some heavy burden — when it falls — that very moment. Recall your feet — we will cry-out, letting-go. Thirst, hunger torment — cold-heat feels like duḥkha. Tuka says: fondness — there my longing is fulfilled.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
कांहीं जडभारी	"some heavy burden"
पडतां ते अवश्वरी	"when it falls — that very moment"
तुज आठवावे पाय	"recall your feet"
आम्हीं मोकलूनि धाय	"we will cry-out, letting-go"
तान पीडी भूक	"thirst, hunger torment"
शीत उष्ण वाटे दुःख	"cold-heat feels like duḥkha"
तुका म्हणे लाड	"Tuka says — fondness"
तेथें पुरे माझें कोड	"there my longing is fulfilled"

What it means

When-burden-falls-recall-feet + cry-out-fondness-fulfills abhang.

The opening — burden-falls: kāhīm jaḍa-bhārī — paḍatām tē avaśvarī — some heavy burden — when it falls — that very moment. When-some-heavy-burden falls — at-that-very-moment.

The cry-out: tuja āṭhavāvē pāya — āmhī mōkalūni dhāya — recall your feet — we will cry-out, letting-go. Recall-your-feet; we'll-cry-out, abandoning-restraint. Mōkalūni dhāya = crying-out at-top-of-voice, like a-child.

The bodily-torments: tāna pīḍī bhūka — śīta uṣṇa vāṭē duḥkha — thirst, hunger torment — cold-heat feels like duḥkha. Thirst-hunger-cold-heat — the basic-torments.

The closing — fondness: Tukā mhaṇē lāḍa — tēthē purē mājhē kōḍa — fondness — there my longing is fulfilled. In-(your)-fondness, my-longing-fulfilled.

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For someone today

For today: some heavy burden — when it falls — that very moment; recall your feet — we will cry-out, letting-go; thirst, hunger torment — cold-heat feels like duḥkha; Tuka says — fondness — there my longing is fulfilled.

Where this applies

When sudden hardship or pain hits and your first instinct is to cry out for help.
When physical suffering, hunger, exhaustion, or discomfort makes you feel your limits.
When you feel embarrassed about crying out like a child in front of God or others during a crisis.
When you long for comfort and want to trust that being held in love is enough to satisfy that longing.

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