संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2508 of 4582
Abhanga 2508
For today: wealth came home — take it free — don't be deluded, Nārāyaṇa .
When you doubt that something so good could really be free
When you feel too unworthy to accept a gift that is already yours
When you want to end your worries by holding onto one settled certainty
The verse
बहुतां पुरे ऐसा वाण । आलें धन घरासी ॥१॥ घ्या रे फुका मोलेंविण । नारायण न भुला ॥ध्रु.॥ ऐका निवळल्या मनें । बरवें कानें सादर ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे करूनि अंतीं । निश्चिंती हे ठेवावी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Enough goods for many — wealth came home. Take it free, no price — Nārāyaṇa, don't be deluded. Listen with cleared mind — well, attentive ear. Tuka says: do at the end — keep this niśchinti.
What it means
THE TAKE-FREE-WITHOUT-PRICE ABHANG. Companion to 2383's phukāchē luṭā sāra (loot-this-free-essence).
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For someone today
For today: wealth came home — take it free — don't be deluded, Nārāyaṇa.
Where this applies
- When you keep waiting for a sign or feel you must earn grace before you can accept it
- When doubt or busyness keeps you from settling into something good that is already being offered
- When you are anxious about the future and need one settled certainty to hold onto
- When someone offers help freely and pride makes you hesitate to accept it