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Abhanga 2550

A heartfelt plea should never be dismissed as empty words, because real longing seeks nothing worldly, only genuine closeness with the divine.

When someone treats your genuine plea as if it were just empty talk.

When you have no strength left of your own and must simply ask for compassion.

When your longing for real closeness feels almost like madness, but you name it honestly anyway.

The verse

नको माझे मानूं आहाच ते शब्द । कळवळ्याचा वाद करीतसें ॥१॥ कासयानें बळ करूं पायांपाशीं । भाकावी ते दासीं करुणा आम्हीं ॥ध्रु.॥ काय मज चाड असे या लौकिकें । परी असे निकें अनुभवाचें ॥२॥ लांचावल्यासाटीं वचनाची आळी । टकळ्यानें घोळी जवळी मन ॥३॥ वाटतसे आस पुरविसी ऐसें । तरि अंगीं पिसें लावियेले ॥४॥ तुका म्हणे माझी येथें चि आवडी । श्रीमुखाची जोडी इच्छीतसें ॥५॥

Literal translation

Don't take my words as superficial — kaḷavaḷā-debate I do. What strength have I — we servants invoke karuṇā. What care for worldly — anubhava is sufficient. Bribed-word-tantrum — by haggling, mind close. Feels you'll fulfill hope — but you've stuck madness on body. Tuka says: here is my love — śrī-mukha-association desired.

What it means

THE KAḶAVAḶĀ-DEBATE + ŚRĪ-MUKHA-ASSOCIATION-DESIRE ABHANG.

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For someone today

For today: here is my love — desire śrī-mukha-association.

Where this applies

When someone dismisses your heartfelt plea as mere words or exaggeration
When you have nothing left to offer but humble begging for compassion
When you realize you care nothing for worldly rewards, only for a genuine experience
When love or longing has made you feel a little irrational and you're honest about it

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