Abhanga 2149
When you feel fundamentally burdened and unequipped, you can hand over the whole weight and ask for guidance to become your sight, your means, and your light.
The verse
आतां घेई माझें । भार सकळ ही ओझें ॥१॥ काय करिसी होईं वाड । आलों पोटासीं दगड ॥ध्रु.॥ तूं चि डोळे वाती । होईं दीपक सांगातीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कांहीं । विचाराया चाड नाहीं ॥३॥
Literal translation
Now take my — whole burden, the load. What will you do — grow up — I came with a stone in belly. You yourself be the eyes, the wick — be the lamp-companion. Tuka says: nothing — no need to consider.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आतां घेई माझें | "now take my" |
| भार सकळ ही ओझें | "whole burden, the load" |
| काय करिसी होईं वाड | "what will you do — grow up" |
| आलों पोटासीं दगड | "I came with a stone in belly" |
| तूं चि डोळे वाती | "you yourself be the eyes, the wick" |
| होईं दीपक सांगातीं | "be the lamp-companion" |
| तुका म्हणे कांहीं | "Tuka says — nothing" |
| विचाराया चाड नाहीं | "no need to consider" |
What it means
Take-my-burden + you-be-eyes-wick-lamp-companion abhang.
The opening — burden-transfer: ātām ghē'ī mājhē — bhāra sakaḷa hī ōjhē — now take my — whole burden, the load. Take-the-whole-burden.
The stone-in-belly: kāya karisī hō'īm vāḍa — ālōm pōṭāsīm dagaḍa — what will you do — grow up — I came with a stone in belly. What-can-I-grow-up-into; I-came with-a-stone-in-belly (= I'm-burdened-from-birth).
The eyes-wick-lamp-companion: tūm chi ḍōḷē vātī — hō'īm dīpaka sāngātīm — you yourself be the eyes, the wick — be the lamp-companion. You-be the eyes (vision), the wick (means), the lamp-companion (light + presence). Triple-substitution: Lord as-everything-needed.
The closing — no-consideration: Tukā mhaṇē kāhīm — vichārāyā chāḍa nāhīm — nothing — no need to consider. No-need-to-think-it-over.
[T]
For someone today
For today: now take my — whole burden, the load; what will you do — grow up — I came with a stone in belly; you yourself be the eyes, the wick — be the lamp-companion; Tuka says — nothing — no need to consider.
Where this applies
- When you feel weighed down from the very start of a difficult situation, as if burdened from birth
- When you no longer know how to grow past your limitations on your own
- When you need someone or something to be your eyes, your means, and your guiding light all at once
- When you decide to simply hand over a problem instead of endlessly deliberating over it