Abhanga 2150
When God becomes your true wealth and every kind of family bond at once, old differences and arguments dissolve and nothing remains standing between you.
The verse
असोत हे बोल । अवघें तूं चि भांडवल ॥१॥ माझा मायबाप देवा । सज्जन सोयरा केशवा ॥ध्रु.॥ गाळियेले भेद । सारियेले वादावाद ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मधीं । आतां न पडे उपाधि ॥३॥
Literal translation
Let these words be — you alone are my capital. My mother-father, Deva — sajjana-sōyarā, Kēśava. Screened out bheda — removed the disputation. Tuka says: in between — no upādhi now falls.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| असोत हे बोल | "let these words be" |
| अवघें तूं चि भांडवल | "you alone are my capital" |
| माझा मायबाप देवा | "my mother-father, Deva" |
| सज्जन सोयरा केशवा | "sajjana-sōyarā, Kēśava" |
| गाळियेले भेद | "screened out bheda" |
| सारियेले वादावाद | "removed the disputation" |
| तुका म्हणे मधीं | "Tuka says — in between" |
| आतां न पडे उपाधि | "no upādhi now falls" |
What it means
You-alone-are-my-capital + bheda-screened-vāda-removed abhang. KINSHIP-COLLAPSE WITH LORD.
The opening — you-alone-are-capital: asōta hē bōla — avaghē tūm chi bhāṇḍavala — let these words be — you alone are my capital. Let-these-words-stay; you-are my-only-capital.
The kinship-collapse: mājhā māyabāpa Dēvā — sajjana sōyarā Kēśavā — my mother-father, Deva — sajjana-sōyarā, Kēśava. The Lord is — māyabāpa (parent) + sajjana (good-person/relative) + sōyarā (kinsman by-marriage) + Kēśava. All-kinship-relations collapse-into-the-Lord.
The bheda-screened: gāḷiyēlē bhēda — sāriyēlē vādāvāda — screened out bheda — removed the disputation. All-bheda-screened-out; vāda-removed. Non-difference established.
The closing — no-upādhi: Tukā mhaṇē madhīm — ātām na paḍē upādhi — in between — no upādhi now falls. No-upādhi (interference) between-us-now.
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For someone today
For today: let these words be — you alone are my capital; my mother-father, Deva — sajjana-sōyarā, Kēśava; screened out bheda — removed the disputation; Tuka says — in between — no upādhi now falls.
Where this applies
- When you realize one relationship or bond has become more valuable to you than everything else you own
- When you stop treating someone as separate from your closest family and feel them become that family
- When you let go of an old argument or sense of difference because the bond matters more than being right
- When a relationship becomes so settled that nothing seems to come between you anymore