Abhanga 2412
God is present everywhere with countless hands, eyes, and ears, always seeing, hearing, and fulfilling your longing, and he never lets that bond break.
The verse
विश्वंभरा वोळे । बहुत हात कान डोळे ॥१॥ जेथें असे तेथें देखे । मागितलें तें आइके ॥ध्रु.॥ जें जें वाटे गोड । तैसें पुरवितो कोड ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भेटी । कांहीं पडों नेदी तुटी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Viśvambhara turns — many hands, ears, eyes. Wherever he is, sees there — hears what's asked. Whatever feels sweet — he fulfills that wish. Tuka says: meeting — doesn't let any break happen.
What it means
THE MANY-HANDS-EARS-EYES VIŚVAMBHARA ABHANG.
The omnipresence: Viśvambharā vōḷē — bahuta hāta kāna ḍōḷē — Viśvambhara turns — many hands, ears, eyes. Viśvambhara has many-hands, many-ears, many-eyes. Echoes Gītā 13.13: sarvataḥ-pāṇi-pādam... sarvato-cakṣur-mukham...
The omnipresence-explained: jēthē asē tēthē dēkhē — māgitalē tē ā'ikē — wherever he is, sees there; hears what's asked. Sees-wherever-he-is; hears what-is-asked.
[T]
For someone today
For today: Viśvambhara has many hands, ears, eyes; sees everywhere, hears everything; fulfills what feels sweet.
Where this applies
- When you feel unseen or unheard and wonder if your prayers actually reach anywhere
- When you're waiting for a wish or need that feels deeply important to you to be met
- When you fear that distance or silence means your connection to God has broken
- When you want reassurance that being cared for doesn't depend on being in one particular place