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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2522 of 4582

Abhanga 2522

The verse

आतां होइन धरणेकरी । भीतरीच कोंडीन ॥१॥ नाही केली जीवेंसाटी । तों कां गोष्टी रुचे तें ॥ध्रु.॥ आधी निर्धार तो सार । मग भार सोसीन ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे खाऊं जेवूं । नेदूं होऊं वेगळा ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: ★ Now I'll become a dharaṇē-karī (protest-faster) — will confine inside ★. Until life-bet not made — what talk is pleasing. ★ First determination, then bear burden ★. ★ Tuka says: eating-drinking — won't let become separate ★.

What it means

★ THE DHARAṆĒ-KARĪ PROTEST-FASTER ABHANG ★. Continuation of 2484's 13-day-fast protest-bhakti.

The protest-faster claim: ātām hō'ina dharaṇē-karī — bhītarī cha kōṇḍīna★ now I'll become a dharaṇē-karī — will confine inside ★. Dharaṇē-karī = one who sits in dharṇā (protest-fast at someone's door). ★ I'll become a dharaṇē-karī; will-confine myself-inside (= won't leave until Lord responds). ★ A direct claim of protest-fast technique against the Lord — staying put until response.

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For someone today

For today: ★ I'll become a dharaṇē-karī — won't let separation ★.

Where this applies

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