Abhanga 2426
Notice when your anxious begging contradicts the trust you already claim to have, since fear can make you forget what you truly believe.
The verse
वारंवार तुज द्यावया आठव । ऐक तो भाव माझा कैसा ॥१॥ गेले मग नये फिरोन दिवस । पुडिलांची आस गणित नाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥ गुणां अवगुणांचे पडती आघात । तेणें होय चित्त कासावीस ॥२॥ कांहीं एक तुझा न देखों आधार । म्हणऊनी धीर नाहीं जीवा ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे तूं ब्रम्हांडाचा जीव । तरी कां आम्ही कींव भाकीतसों ॥४॥
Literal translation
To give you remembrance again-and-again — hear my bhāva. Days don't return — no calculation of hope for next. Virtues-and-faults strike — chitta becomes distressed. I see no support of yours — therefore no courage in jīva. Tuka says: you are the jīva of the brahmāṇḍa — then why do we cry for mercy.
What it means
THE BRAHMĀṆḌA'S-JĪVA + WHY-DO-WE-CRY ABHANG.
THE CLOSING PARADOX: Tukā mhaṇē tūm Brahmāṇḍāchā jīva — tarī kām āmhī kīmva bhākītasōm — you are the jīva of the brahmāṇḍa — then why do we cry for mercy. You are the-jīva (life-essence) of-the-brahmāṇḍa (cosmos); then-why-do-WE cry-for-mercy? The paradox: if the Lord-is the-jīva-of-everything (including the bhakta), then the bhakta is-already-saved; the crying-for-mercy is-itself a-confused-stance.
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For someone today
For today: days don't return; virtues-faults strike; no support seen; you are the jīva of the brahmāṇḍa — then why do we cry for mercy .
Where this applies
- When you keep repeating the same worry to someone you trust because the days already lost weigh on you
- When your own mistakes and good moments both leave you feeling shaken rather than settled
- When you feel unsupported and your courage drains away even though help is closer than you realize
- When you catch yourself begging anxiously for something you already believe is true or already yours