Abhanga 2388
Your troubles come from your own past actions, not from others, so stay calm, keep saying Gōvinda's name, and hand the burden to Nārāyaṇa, who will then protect you.
The verse
भोग तो न घडे संचितावांचूनि । करावें तें मनीं समाधान ॥१॥ म्हणऊनी मनीं मानूं नये खेदु । म्हणावा गोविंद वेळोवेळां ॥ध्रु.॥ आणिकां रुसावें न लगे बहुतां । आपुल्या संचितावांचूनियां ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भार घातलिया वरी । होईंल कैवारी नारायण ॥३॥
Literal translation
Bhōga doesn't come without sanchita — make samādhāna in the mind. Don't take grief — say Gōvinda time and again. No need to be angry at others — only one's own sanchita. Tuka says: when burden is placed above (on the Lord) — Nārāyaṇa becomes the protector.
What it means
KARMA-EQUANIMITY + PLACE-BURDEN-ON-NĀRĀYAṆA ABHANG. Continues 2387's āliyā bhōgāsī asāvē sādara equanimity-theme.
The sanchita-source: bhōga tō na ghaḍē sanchitāvāñchūni — karāvē tē manīm samādhāna — bhōga doesn't come without sanchita — make samādhāna in the mind. Sanchita = accumulated-past-karma. Bhōga (experience, suffering) doesn't-come without-sanchita; make-samādhāna in-the-mind.
The don't-blame-others: āṇikām rusāvē na lagē bahutām — āpulyā sanchitāvāñchūniyām — no need to be angry at others — only one's own sanchita. No-need-to-blame-others; only-your-own-sanchita causes-your-bhōga.
THE CLOSING: Tukā mhaṇē bhāra ghātaliyā varī — hō'īmla kaivārī Nārāyaṇa — when burden placed above — Nārāyaṇa becomes the protector. When-the-burden is-placed-above (on-the-Lord), Nārāyaṇa becomes-the-protector (kaivārī). The two-part-bhakta-strategy: (1) accept-sanchita-as-cause, (2) surrender-burden-to-Nārāyaṇa.
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For someone today
For today: bhōga from one's own sanchita; don't grieve, say Gōvinda; don't blame others; place burden above — Nārāyaṇa becomes the protector .
Where this applies
- When something goes wrong and your first instinct is to blame someone else for it
- When grief over a loss or setback keeps circling in your mind with no relief
- When you catch yourself resenting people for troubles that trace back to your own past choices
- When you feel too heavy to carry a burden alone and don't know how to let it go