Abhanga 2514

God has already drawn close and taken up your burden, so keep repeating the Name with love instead of clinging to a false sense of distance.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

THE DISTANT-ATTACHED-TO-BODY ABHANG.

The transformation: durila angēsī lāvilē — the distant attached to body. The Lord, who-was-distant, attached-himself to-the-bhakta's-body.

[T]

For someone today

For today: the distant attached to body; speak with love, take Name moment by moment.

Where this applies

• When you feel weighed down by worry and can't let go of carrying every burden yourself
• When you assume God or grace is distant even though help has already quietly arrived
• When your chanting or prayer has become occasional instead of a moment-by-moment habit
• When you catch yourself dwelling on a sense of separation that no longer reflects reality

Related verses

• Abhanga 2448 — The easiest path to God is repeating divine names with love at home, right where you are,
• Abhanga 2467 — What looks like your whole world, like a fig to the insect living inside it, is only a tin
• Abhanga 2494 — Living in devotion turns an ordinary day into a festival and removes the fear of birth and
• Abhanga 4481 — Tukaram promises that sincerely calling on the Lord's name, knowingly or unknowingly, with