Abhanga 2349

Giving yourself fully and without shame to kirtana and the name of God, clapping and singing openly, is enough to dispel the weariness of worldly life.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

I-DANCE-SHAMELESS-IN-YOUR-COLOR ABHANG.

THE CELEBRATED LINE: sāṇḍūni kīrtana na karīm āṇīka kāja — nāchēna nirlajja tujhyā rangīm — abandoning kīrtana, I do no other work — I'll dance shameless in your color. Nirlajja = shameless, beyond-shame. Rangīm = in the color. Abandoning the kīrtana, I-do-no-other-work; I'll-dance-shameless in-your-color. The bhakta's-public-ecstatic-dance-vow — the kīrtana-dance frees-from-all-social-shame.

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For someone today

For today: abandoning kīrtana, I do no other work — I'll dance shameless in your color; fulfill the ārta of fondness, Paṇḍharī-rāyā; cymbal-stroke and Viṭhṭhala-utterance — bhava-śrama dispelled; Tuka says — take us to your own dhāma.

Where this applies

• When you hold back from singing, dancing, or praying openly because you worry about looking foolish in front of others
• When you feel tired and worn out from years of chasing worldly things
• When you want to name the one thing you truly long for instead of a list of scattered wishes
• When you feel forgotten and just want reassurance that you have not been left behind

Related verses

• Abhanga 2494 — Living in devotion turns an ordinary day into a festival and removes the fear of birth and
• Abhanga 937 — Sing, meditate on, and picture Viṭṭhal all at once, because that simple combined practice
• Abhanga 1214 — Your worthiness is not the point; once you truly surrender, God saves you to stay true to
• Abhanga 1815 — Real generosity rushes to help the moment it hears a cry for help, without first weighing