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Abhanga 2130

Surrendering your whole body, speech, and mind to God, and trusting him to carry every burden, settles all debts and leaves nothing else to seek.

When you're worn out from carrying every responsibility alone and need to let go of control.

When you want to offer your whole self, actions, words, and thoughts, toward one true purpose.

When you feel weighed down by guilt or obligation and long for a sense of being settled and at peace.

The verse

होउनि कृपाळ । भार घेतला सकळ ॥१॥ तूं चि चालविसी माझें । भार सकळ ही ओझें ॥ध्रु.॥ देह तुझ्या पायीं । ठेवुनि झालों उतराईं ॥२॥ कायावाचामनें । तुका म्हणे दुजें नेणें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Becoming compassionate — took the whole burden. You drive my (work) — all the burden, the load. Body at your feet — placed, I'm-paid (settled). Body-speech-mind — Tuka says — I know no other.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
होउनि कृपाळ	"becoming compassionate"
भार घेतला सकळ	"took the whole burden"
तूं चि चालविसी माझें	"you drive my (work)"
भार सकळ ही ओझें	"all the burden, the load"
देह तुझ्या पायीं	"body at your feet"
ठेवुनि झालों उतराईं	"placed, I'm-paid (settled)"
कायावाचामनें	"body-speech-mind"
तुका म्हणे दुजें नेणें	"Tuka says — I know no other"

What it means

Lord-took-whole-burden + body-at-feet-paid-up abhang.

The opening — Lord-took-burden: hō'uni kṛpāḷa — bhāra ghētalā sakaḷa — becoming compassionate — took the whole burden. By-compassion, the-Lord took-on-the-whole-burden.

The driving: tūm chi chālavisī mājhē — bhāra sakaḷa hī ōjhē — you drive my (work) — all the burden, the load. You-drive-my-life; all-burden-and-load on-you.

The paid-up line: dēha tujhyā pāyīm — ṭhēvuni jhālōm utarāīm — body at your feet — placed, I'm-paid (settled). Utarāīm = paid-up, debt-cleared, settled. Placing-body-at-feet, I'm-paid-up (= debt-of-life cleared).

The closing — three-fold offering: kāyā-vāchā-manē — Tukā mhaṇē dujē nēṇē — body-speech-mind — I know no other. Body-speech-mind offered; no-other-known.

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For someone today

For today: becoming compassionate — took the whole burden; you drive my (work) — all the burden, the load; body at your feet — placed, I'm-paid (settled); Tuka says — body-speech-mind — I know no other.

Where this applies

When you're exhausted from trying to control and carry everything on your own.
When you want to fully hand over a major life burden instead of half-heartedly managing it.
When you feel like you owe something, guilt or obligation, and want release from that weight.
When you're deciding where to direct your whole self, body, words, and thoughts, and want one clear focus.

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