Abhanga 2431
A life built on truth needs no pleading or fraud, since truth simply meets truth, even though old desires can linger quietly beneath our right actions.
The verse
नव्हो आतां जीवीं कपटवसती । मग काकुळती कोणा यावें ॥१॥ सत्याचिये मापें गांठीं नये नाड । आदि अंत गोड नारायण ॥ध्रु.॥ चोखटिया नाहीं विटाळाचा आघात । साच ते साचांत सांचा पडे ॥२॥ विचारिली वाट उसंत सीतळ । बुद्धीपुढें बळ तृणतुल्य ॥३॥ आहाराच्या घासें पचोनियां जिरे । वासना ही उरे उर्वरीत ॥४॥ तुका म्हणे ताळा घालावा वचनीं । तूं माझी जननी पांडुरंगे ॥५॥
Literal translation
No more deceit-dwelling in life — then who pleads. In truth's measure, no fraud in the knot — Nārāyaṇa is sweet beginning-end. Clean one has no pollution-strike — truth falls in truth. Considered path is rest-cool — before buddhi, strength is grass-equal. Food-bite digested — vāsanā remains residue. Tuka says: match the word — you, my Mother, Pāṇḍurangē.
What it means
THE TRUTH-MEASURE + PĀṆḌURAṄGĒ-AS-MOTHER ABHANG.
The food-and-vāsanā: āhārāchyā ghāsē pachōniyām jirē — vāsanā hī urē urvarīta — food-bite digested — vāsanā remains residue. Food-bite digested-and-passed; vāsanā remains-as-residue. Even-after-digestion, vāsanā lingers — the subtle-tendency outlasts-the-physical-effect.
THE PĀṆḌURAṄGĒ-AS-MOTHER: tūm mājhī jananī Pāṇḍurangē — you, my Mother, Pāṇḍurangē. The feminine-vocative — Pāṇḍuranga as-Mother. Compare 2403 and 2411.
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For someone today
For today: no deceit-dwelling; truth's measure has no fraud — Nārāyaṇa is sweet beginning-end ; food digests but vāsanā remains; you, my Mother Pāṇḍurangē .
Where this applies
- When you're tempted to cut corners or use a small deception, even for what seems like a good reason.
- When you've done the right thing but notice old cravings or habits still quietly pulling at you.
- When you have to choose between a clever shortcut and a slower, carefully considered path.
- When you want a relationship, even with God, where you can be completely honest without fear.