Abhanga 2274
When your own resources and strategies run out, true surrender is telling God the whole story plainly and bowing down completely, without bargaining or resentment.
The verse
तुम्हांसाटीं आम्हां आपुला विसर । करितां अव्हेर कैसें दिसे ॥१॥ विचाराजी आतां ठायीचें हे देवा । आम्हां नये हेवा वाढवितां ॥ध्रु.॥ आलों टाकोनियां सुखाची वसती । पुढें माझ्या युक्ति खुंटलिया ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे जाला सकळ वृत्तांत । केला प्रणिपात म्हणऊनि ॥३॥
Literal translation
For your sake, we forget ourselves — how does rejection seem? Consider, sir, this from the very place, Dēvā — we shouldn't grow contention. I've come having abandoned the sukha-dwelling — my upāyas are blocked ahead. Tuka says: all the vṛttānta is told — prostration done — that's the conclusion.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| तुम्हांसाटीं आम्हां आपुला विसर | "for your sake, we forget ourselves" |
| करितां अव्हेर कैसें दिसे | "how does rejection seem [to you]" |
| विचाराजी आतां ठायीचें हे देवा | "consider, sir, this from the very place, Dēvā" |
| आम्हां नये हेवा वाढवितां | "we shouldn't grow contention" |
| आलों टाकोनियां सुखाची वसती | "I've come having abandoned the sukha-dwelling" |
| पुढें माझ्या युक्ति खुंटलिया | "my upāyas are blocked ahead" |
| तुका म्हणे जाला सकळ वृत्तांत | "Tuka says — all the vṛttānta is told" |
| केला प्रणिपात म्हणऊनि | "prostration done — that's the conclusion" |
What it means
Forget-ourselves-for-you + abandoned-sukha-came-to-you + prostration-done abhang.
The opening — forget-ourselves-for-you: tumhāmsāṭīm āmhām āpulā visara — karitām avhēra kaisē disē — for your sake, we forget ourselves — how does rejection seem. For-your-sake, we-forget-ourselves; how would-(your)-rejection seem (= it-would-be-incongruous)?
The no-contention: vichārā jī ātām ṭhāyīchē hē Dēvā — āmhām nayē hēvā vāḍhavitām — consider, sir, this from the very place, Dēvā — we shouldn't grow contention. Consider, sir, this from-the-very-place, Dēvā; we-shouldn't-grow contention (hēvā).
The abandoned-sukha: ālōm ṭākōniyām sukhāchī vasatī — puḍhē mājhyā yukti khuṇṭaliyā — I've come having abandoned the sukha-dwelling — my upāyas are blocked ahead. I've-come-having-abandoned the sukha-dwelling (= the comfort-of-the-household); my upāyas (resources) are blocked-ahead.
The closing — prostration-done: Tukā mhaṇē jālā sakaḷa vṛttānta — kēlā praṇipāta mhaṇa'ūni — Tuka says: all the vṛttānta is told — prostration done — that's the conclusion. Vṛttānta = account, full report. Praṇipāta = prostration, full-bow. All-the-vṛttānta is-told; prostration done; that's the conclusion.
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For someone today
For today: for your sake we forget ourselves — rejection seems strange; consider, Dēvā — no contention; I came abandoning sukha-dwelling — upāyas blocked; Tuka says — vṛttānta told, prostration done.
Where this applies
- When you have given up comfort and security for something you believe in, and now fear being abandoned right when you need support most
- When every plan you tried has failed and you have no clever strategy left to fall back on
- When you catch yourself comparing your devotion to others and feeling resentful, instead of simply trusting
- When all you can do is tell someone the whole honest story and humbly ask for their help, with nothing left to bargain with