Abhanga 2275
Do your own honest part fully, trust that your sincere cry is heard, and let go of carrying the outcome, which was never your job to begin with.
The verse
करावा उद्धार हें तुम्हां उचित । आम्ही केली नीत कळली ते ॥१॥ पाववील हाक धांवा म्हणऊन । करावें जतन ज्याचें तेणें ॥ध्रु.॥ दुश्चितासी बोल ठेवायासी ठाव । ऐसा आम्ही भाव जाणतसों ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माझें कायावाचामन । दुसरें तें ध्यान करित नाही ॥३॥
Literal translation
You must do the uplift — it is your fitting — we did our nīta, that has become known. Hāka-and-dhāmvā will reach — that-which-is-his, he should preserve. To the duśchita, place to lay the blame — such bhāva we know. Tuka says: my body-speech-mind — doesn't do any other dhyāna.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| करावा उद्धार हें तुम्हां उचित | "you must do the uplift — it is your fitting" |
| आम्ही केली नीत कळली ते | "we did our nīta — that has become known" |
| पाववील हाक धांवा म्हणऊन | "hāka-and-dhāmvā will reach" |
| करावें जतन ज्याचें तेणें | "that-which-is-his, he should preserve" |
| दुश्चितासी बोल ठेवायासी ठाव | "to the duśchita, place to lay the blame" |
| ऐसा आम्ही भाव जाणतसों | "such bhāva we know" |
| तुका म्हणे माझें कायावाचामन | "Tuka says — my body-speech-mind" |
| दुसरें तें ध्यान करित नाही | "doesn't do any other dhyāna" |
What it means
Your-fitting-task-is-uddhāra + body-speech-mind-no-other-dhyāna abhang.
The opening — uplift is your fitting: karāvā uddhāra hē tumhām uchita — āmhī kēlī nīta kaḷalī tē — you must do the uplift — it is your fitting — we did our nīta, that has become known. The uplift (uddhāra) is-your-fitting-task; we-did-our-nīta (proper-role) — that-has-become-known. The division-of-labor: bhakta does-nīta, Lord-does-uddhāra.
The hāka-dhāmvā reaching: pāvavīla hāka dhāmvā mhaṇa'ūna — karāvē jatana jyāchē tēṇē — hāka-and-dhāmvā will reach — that-which-is-his, he should preserve. Hāka = cry, call. Dhāmvā = running-call, urgent-prayer. The hāka-and-dhāmvā will-reach; that-which-is-his (= the bhakta who-is-his), he-(Lord)-should-preserve.
The duśchita: duśchitāsī bōla ṭhēvāyāsī ṭhāva — aisā āmhī bhāva jāṇatasōm — to the duśchita, place to lay the blame — such bhāva we know. Duśchita = one-with-mind-elsewhere, unfocused. To-the-duśchita, place to-lay-blame (= the blamable-one is the unfocused-one); such-bhāva we-know.
The closing — body-speech-mind, no-other-dhyāna: Tukā mhaṇē mājhē kāyā-vāchā-mana — dusarē tē dhyāna karita nāhī — Tuka says: my body-speech-mind — doesn't do any other dhyāna. My-body-speech-mind doesn't-do any-other-dhyāna (= the threefold-instrument is entirely-on-the-Lord). The threefold-attestation: kāyā-vāchā-mana on-one-and-only-dhyāna.
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For someone today
For today: you must do uplift — your fitting — we did our nīta; hāka-dhāmvā will reach — preserve what's yours; to duśchita, place to lay blame — such bhāva we know; Tuka says — body-speech-mind — no other dhyāna.
Where this applies
- When you have done your honest part in a relationship or effort and now feel anxious about outcomes that were never yours to control
- When you cry out for help in a hard moment and need to trust that the call has been heard
- When you catch yourself blaming a focused, sincere person for a failure that really belongs to someone whose attention wandered
- When your mind keeps drifting toward other worries and you want to bring it back to a single steady focus