Abhanga 2407
For today: fear in heart — sorrow doesn't dwell; once surrendered with jīva-bhāva — why fear ; whatever I do is delight; fill the measure, pass days in delight.
The verse
भयाची तों आम्हां चिंत्तीं । राहो खंती सकेना ॥१॥ समर्पिलों जीवें भावें । काशा भ्यावें कारणें ॥ध्रु.॥ करीन तें कवतुकें। अवघें निकें शोभेल ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माप भरूं । दिस सारूं कवतुकें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Fear in our heart — sorrow doesn't dwell. Surrendered by jīva-bhāva — why fear at all. Whatever I do is delight — all looks well. Tuka says: fill the measure — pass days in delight.
What it means
THE SURRENDERED-NO-FEAR + DAYS-IN-DELIGHT ABHANG.
THE OPENING: samarpilōm jīvē bhāvē — kāśā bhyāvē kāraṇē — surrendered by jīva-bhāva — why fear at all. Samarpilōm = surrendered, offered. Jīvē-bhāvē = by life and feeling, with whole-being. Surrendered with-life-and-feeling — why-fear at-all? The fundamental-bhakti-stance: once-surrendered, fear becomes-baseless.
The delight-in-doing: karīna tē kavatukē — avaghē nikē śōbhēla — whatever I do is delight — all looks well. Whatever-I-do is-delight (kavatuka); all-looks-well.
The days-pass-in-delight: Tukā mhaṇē māpa bharūm — disa sārūm kavatukē — Tuka says: fill the measure — pass days in delight. Fill-the-measure (= live-out-the-allotted-time); pass-days in-delight.
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For someone today
For today: fear in heart — sorrow doesn't dwell; once surrendered with jīva-bhāva — why fear ; whatever I do is delight; fill the measure, pass days in delight.
Where this applies
- When anxious thoughts keep circling and you long for a heart where fear simply cannot take root
- When you have handed a worry or your whole situation over in complete trust and notice the dread has lifted
- When ordinary tasks start feeling lighter and more enjoyable once you stop resisting and simply surrender to them
- When you want to face your remaining days with cheerful acceptance instead of counting them down in worry