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Abhanga 2383

The Name is free for anyone to take, and taking it fully can free you from future rebirth without needing to travel anywhere else to find it.

When you realize something valuable you were searching for was already available close to home

When you fully embrace a good opportunity instead of hesitating because it seems too easy

When you choose a simple daily practice over chasing something distant and elaborate

The verse

फुकाचें तें लुटा सार । व्हा रे अमर सदैव ॥१॥ नाहीं गर्भवास पुढती । डोंगर जळती दोषांचे ॥ध्रु.॥ उदंड भावें उदंड घ्यावें । नाम गावें आवडी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे घरिच्या घरीं । देशा उरीं न सीणीजे ॥३॥ ॥१५॥

Literal translation

Loot this free essence — become immortal forever. No future garbha-vāsa — mountains of dōṣas burn. Much-by-bhāva, much-take — sing the Name with love. Tuka says: at home, at home — no need to wander to country. ॥15॥ (closing-colophon of 15-abhang Name-praise cluster).

What it means

THE LOOT-THE-FREE-ESSENCE ABHANG. Closes the 15-abhang Name-praise sub-section (2369-2383) with ॥१५॥.

THE CELEBRATED OPENING: phukāchē tē luṭā sāra — vhā rē amara sadaiva — loot this free essence — become immortal forever. Phukāchē = free, costless. Luṭā = loot, plunder. Amara = immortal. Loot this-free-essence (sāra); become-immortal forever. One of Tukārām's most-quoted bhakti-invitations — the-Name is-free-loot for-anyone-who-takes.

The garbha-vāsa-removed: nāhīm garbha-vāsa puḍhatī — ḍōngara jaḷatī dōṣāñchē — no future garbha-vāsa — mountains of dōṣas burn. No-future-womb-dwelling (rebirth); mountains-of-dōṣas burn.

The bhāva-take: udaṇḍa bhāvē udaṇḍa ghyāvē — nāma gāvē āvaḍī — much-by-bhāva, much-take — sing Name with love. By-much-bhāva, take-much; sing-Name with-love.

The at-home: Tukā mhaṇē gharichyā gharīm — dēśā urīm na sīṇījē — Tuka says: at home, at home — no need to wander to country. At-home, at-home; no-need-to-wander to-distant-country (= no-need-for-pilgrimage).

CLOSING OF 15-ABHANG NAME-PRAISE CLUSTER (2369-2383): - 2369: as-bhāva-so-Dēva-near-you - 2370: mungī-runs-to-jaggery - 2371: anti-caste-marker - 2372: anti-Nāma-nindaka - 2373: human-birth-opportunity - 2374: anti-folk-deity polemic - 2375: sudarśana-as-shield + 12-directions-flee - 2376: bhāṇḍavala-āḷī-karāvī (capital-is-tantrum) - 2377: 10-verse darśana-of-Pāṇḍuranga - 2378: no-faith-in-Name = hell - 2379: Name-suffices-for-all-rites - 2380: śāstra-blamed-becomes-worshipful-by-Name - 2381: 2-letter-mantra + no-caste-in-Name - 2382: name-the-one-who-has-NOT-crossed - 2383: loot-this-free-essence-become-immortal ॥१५॥

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For someone today

For today: loot this free essence — become immortal forever; no future garbha-vāsa; sing Name with love; at home, at home — no need to wander to country .

Where this applies

When you keep searching far and wide for something that is actually already within reach
When you hesitate to fully embrace something valuable because it seems too freely given
When you want reassurance that a simple daily practice at home is enough, without needing grand journeys
When you are ready to stop postponing and take hold of something good that is freely offered