Abhanga 2152
Real spiritual fullness shows itself through genuine, felt satisfaction, the way a true meal is proven by the satisfied belch that follows it, not by empty claims.
The verse
धनासीं च धन । करी आपण जतन ॥१॥ तुज आळवितां गोडी । पांडुरंगा खरी जोडी ॥ध्रु.॥ जेविल्याचें खरें । वरी उमटे ढेंकरें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे धाय । तेथें कोठें उरे हाय ॥३॥
Literal translation
Wealth-to-wealth — one preserves oneself. Sweetness in calling you — Pāṇḍurangā — the true joining. True sign of eating — belch comes up. Tuka says: full satiation — where does deficiency remain.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| धनासीं च धन | "wealth-to-wealth" |
| करी आपण जतन | "one preserves oneself" |
| तुज आळवितां गोडी | "sweetness in calling you" |
| पांडुरंगा खरी जोडी | "Pāṇḍurangā — the true joining" |
| जेविल्याचें खरें | "true sign of eating" |
| वरी उमटे ढेंकरें | "belch comes up" |
| तुका म्हणे धाय | "Tuka says — full satiation" |
| तेथें कोठें उरे हाय | "where does deficiency remain" |
What it means
Wealth-to-wealth + sweetness-in-calling + belch-after-eating + full-satiation abhang.
The opening — wealth-attracts-wealth: dhanāsīm cha dhana — karī āpaṇa jatana — wealth-to-wealth — one preserves oneself. Wealth-attracts-wealth; oneself-preserves-(oneself) — the rich-attract-more, just-as bhakti-attracts-bhakti.
The sweet-calling: tuja āḷavitām gōḍī — Pāṇḍurangā kharī jōḍī — sweetness in calling you — Pāṇḍurangā — the true joining. Sweetness-in-calling-you is-the-true-joining.
The belch-image (echoing 1996): jēvilyāchē kharē — vari umaṭē ḍhēnkarē — true sign of eating — belch comes up. The true-test of eating: a belch comes-up. Concrete-bodily image of bhakti-fullness.
The closing — full-satiation: Tukā mhaṇē dhāya — tēthē kōṭhē urē hāya — full satiation — where does deficiency remain. Full-satiation; no-deficiency.
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For someone today
For today: wealth-to-wealth — one preserves oneself; sweetness in calling you — Pāṇḍurangā — the true joining; true sign of eating — belch comes up; Tuka says — full satiation — where does deficiency remain.
Where this applies
- When you wonder whether your devotion or effort is producing real satisfaction or just going through the motions
- When you notice that genuine fulfillment leaves an unmistakable, felt sign, not just a claim
- When you find that calling out sincerely to what you love feels sweeter than any formal ritual
- When you recognize true contentment because no sense of lack remains afterward