Abhanga 2395
For today: don't ask, quickly rest; go quickly to Pandharpur — he is the kinsman of the poor ; don't entangle in words — śaraṇa to Dēva; kṛpāvanta has concern for the poor.
The verse
नको आतां पुसों कांहीं । लवलाहीं उसंती ॥१॥ जाय वेगीं पंढरपुरा । तो सोयरा दीनांचा ॥ध्रु.॥ वचनाचा न करीं गोवा । रिघें देवासीं शरण ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कृपावंता । बहु चिंता दीनाची ॥३॥
Literal translation
Don't ask anything now — quickly take rest. Go quickly to Pandharpur — he is the kinsman of the poor. Don't entangle in words — enter śaraṇa to Dēva. Tuka says: the kṛpāvanta — great concern for the poor.
What it means
THE GO-QUICKLY-TO-PANDHARPUR + KINSMAN-OF-THE-POOR ABHANG.
THE OPENING: jāya vēgīm Paṇḍharapurā — tō sōyarā dīnāñchā — go quickly to Pandharpur — he is the kinsman of the poor. Sōyarā = kinsman. Dīna = poor, distressed. Go-quickly to-Pandharpur; he-(Viṭhṭhal) is-the-kinsman of-the-poor. The poverty-bhakti-image — Viṭhṭhal as-the-relative-of-the-destitute.
The kṛpāvanta-concern: Tukā mhaṇē kṛpāvantā — bahu chintā dīnāchī — Tuka says: the kṛpāvanta — great concern for the poor. The kṛpāvanta (compassionate-one) has-great-concern for-the-poor.
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For someone today
For today: don't ask, quickly rest; go quickly to Pandharpur — he is the kinsman of the poor ; don't entangle in words — śaraṇa to Dēva; kṛpāvanta has concern for the poor.
Where this applies
- When you keep overthinking or asking endless questions instead of simply turning to God in a hard moment
- When you feel too poor, too broken, or too unworthy to approach the divine directly
- When you get tangled up in clever words or arguments instead of just surrendering and asking for help
- When you delay reaching out for support because you think you first need to have everything figured out