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Abhanga 2520

For today: let unbroken samādhi happen — drown in prema-bōdhi .

When your restless mind won't stop chasing ten different worries at once

When you notice that things you once valued now feel empty after actually having them

When you find yourself longing for a single steady state of devotion instead of scattered pursuits

The verse

किती विवंचना करीतसें जीवीं । मन धांवडवी दाही दिशा ॥१॥ कोणा एका भावें तुम्ही अंगीकार । करावा विचार या च साटीं ॥ध्रु.॥ इतर ते आतां लाभ तुच्छ जाले । अनुभवा आले गुणागुण ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे लागो अखंड समाधि । जावें प्रेमबोधीं बुडोनियां ॥३॥

Literal translation

How much I deliberate in life — mind runs in 10 directions. By some-bhāva — you accept — make consideration for this. Other gains have become trivial — guṇa-aguṇa came to anubhava. Tuka says: let unbroken samādhi happen — go drowning in prema-bōdhi.

What it means

THE AKHAṆḌA-SAMĀDHI + DROWN-IN-PREMA-BŌDHI ABHANG.

The closing-aspiration: lāgō akhaṇḍa samādhi — jāvē prēma-bōdhīm buḍōniyām — let unbroken samādhi happen — go drowning in prema-bōdhi. Let akhaṇḍa (unbroken) samādhi happen; let-me-go drowning in-prema-bōdhi (love-awakening). A celebrated bhakti-pinnacle aspiration.

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For someone today

For today: let unbroken samādhi happen — drown in prema-bōdhi.

Where this applies

When your mind keeps racing in every direction and you can't settle it no matter what you try
When you're asking to be accepted for your sincerity rather than for any grand achievement
When things you used to chase, money, status, approval, start feeling hollow after real experience
When you find yourself wanting less of everything else and more of one deep, steady absorption

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