Abhanga 2391
For today: no ornament without heating; enemies become friends through destruction; let the body bear bhoga; make the mind resilient — bear the flames until cooked .
The verse
तापल्यावांचून नव्हे अळंकार । पिटूनियां सार उरलें तें ॥१॥ मग कदाकाळीं नव्हे शुद्ध जाति । नासें शत्रु होती मित्र ते चि ॥ध्रु.॥ किळवर बरें भोगूं द्यावें भोगा । फांसिलें तें रोगा हातीं सुटे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मन करावें पाठेळ । साहावे चि जाळ सिजेवरि ॥३॥
Literal translation
Without heating, no ornament — pounding, the essence remains. Then no time becomes pure-jāti — destruction; the very enemies become friends. Let the body experience the bhoga well — what's trapped escapes disease's hand. Tuka says — make the mind pāṭhēḷa (resilient) — bear the flames until cooked.
What it means
THE HEATING-MAKES-ORNAMENT + BEAR-FLAMES-UNTIL-COOKED ABHANG.
THE GOLDSMITH-IMAGE: tāpalyāvāñchūna navhē aḷankāra — piṭūniyām sāra uralē tē — without heating, no ornament — pounding, the essence remains. Without-heating, no-ornament (= the gold-must-be-heated to-be-shaped); pounding, the-essence remains. Suffering-shapes-the-bhakta like-heat-shapes-gold.
THE COOKED-METAPHOR: Tukā mhaṇē mana karāvē pāṭhēḷa — sāhāvē chi jāḷa sijēvari — make the mind pāṭhēḷa (resilient) — bear the flames until cooked. Pāṭhēḷa = resilient, hardened. Sijē = until-cooked. Make-the-mind pāṭhēḷa; bear-the-flames until-cooked (= until-fully-prepared).
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For someone today
For today: no ornament without heating; enemies become friends through destruction; let the body bear bhoga; make the mind resilient — bear the flames until cooked .
Where this applies
- When you are going through a hard, painful stretch and wonder what good could come of it
- When you feel tempted to suppress or avoid a difficult experience instead of facing it
- When an old conflict with someone still lingers and you wonder if it could ever heal
- When you feel like giving up before a difficult process of growth or change is finished