संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2556 of 4582
Abhanga 2556
Once you find real inner steadiness, hold onto it as your protection against fear, since it absorbs trouble and needs no further explanation.
When you finally reach an inner steadiness and don't want anything to pull you away from it.
When fear keeps tugging at you and you need something dependable to hold onto.
When outside troubles keep trying to unsettle you but you choose to stay grounded anyway.
The verse
न संडावा आतां ऐसें वाटे ठाव । भयाशी उपाव रक्षणाचा ॥१॥ म्हणऊनि मनें वळियेलें मन । कारियेकारण चाड नाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥ नाना वीचि उपाधि करूनियां मूळ । राखतां विटाळ तें चि व्हावें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे येथें न वेचे वचन । निजीं निजखूण सांपडली ॥३॥
Literal translation
Won't abandon this place now — fear's remedy is protection. By mind, turned mind — no concern for action-cause. Many wave-upādhi made root — keep, even pollution becomes that. Tuka says: no word spent here — own-sign found in own.
What it means
THE WON'T-ABANDON-THIS-PLACE + NIJA-KHŪṆA-FOUND ABHANG.
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For someone today
For today: won't abandon this place — own-sign found in own.
Where this applies
- When you finally find an inner steadiness and don't want to lose it by getting distracted
- When fear keeps pulling at you and you need a real, dependable source of protection
- When outside troubles keep trying to unsettle you and you want to stay grounded
- When you've reached a personal realization that feels beyond needing to be explained in words