Abhanga 2148
For today: I am being swept in the flood — now do what is proper; my śakti, Nārāyaṇa — plead karuṇā; kāla pulls us — your strength has weakened; Tuka says — sweetness — jīva's mother-pull.
The verse
वाहवितों पुरीं । आतां उचित तें करीं ॥१॥ माझी शक्ति नारायणा । कींव भाकावी करुणा ॥ध्रु.॥ आम्हां ओढी काळ । तुझें क्षीण झालें बळ ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे गोडी । जीवा मातेचिया ओढी ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: I am being swept in the flood — now do what is proper. My śakti, Nārāyaṇa — plead karuṇā. Kāla pulls us — your strength has weakened. Tuka says: sweetness — jīva's mother-pull.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| वाहवितों पुरीं | "I am being swept in the flood" |
| आतां उचित तें करीं | "now do what is proper" |
| माझी शक्ति नारायणा | "my śakti, Nārāyaṇa" |
| कींव भाकावी करुणा | "plead karuṇā" |
| आम्हां ओढी काळ | "kāla pulls us" |
| तुझें क्षीण झालें बळ | "your strength has weakened" |
| तुका म्हणे गोडी | "Tuka says — sweetness" |
| जीवा मातेचिया ओढी | "jīva's mother-pull" |
What it means
I-am-being-swept + your-strength-weakened + mother-pull abhang.
The opening — flood-image: vāhavitōm purīm — ātām uchita tē karī — I am being swept in the flood — now do what is proper. The bhakta is-being-swept by-the-flood (= samsāra); the Lord should-do-what-is-proper.
The plea: mājhī śakti Nārāyaṇā — kīmva bhākāvī karuṇā — my śakti, Nārāyaṇa — plead karuṇā. You-are my-śakti; I-plead karuṇā.
The provocative-challenge: āmhām ōḍhī kāḷa — tujhē kṣīṇa jhālē baḷa — kāla pulls us — your strength has weakened. Kāla is-pulling-us; has-your-strength-weakened?. Tukārām's pointed-question: is your-power diminished, that you let-kāla-pull-me?.
The closing — mother-pull: Tukā mhaṇē gōḍī — jīvā mātēchiyā ōḍhī — sweetness — jīva's mother-pull. The sweetness — the jīva's-pull-toward-mother.
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For someone today
For today: I am being swept in the flood — now do what is proper; my śakti, Nārāyaṇa — plead karuṇā; kāla pulls us — your strength has weakened; Tuka says — sweetness — jīva's mother-pull.
Where this applies
- Swept-in-flood-do-what-is-proper.* Vāhavitōm-purīm-uchita-karī.
- My-śakti-plead-karuṇā.* Śakti-Nārāyaṇā-kīmva-karuṇā.
- Kāla-pulls-your-strength-weakened.* Āmhām-ōḍhī-kāḷa-tujhē-kṣīṇa-baḷa.
- Sweetness-jīva's-mother-pull.* Gōḍī-jīvā-mātēchiyā-ōḍhī.