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Abhanga 2559

Once you stand face to face with the divine, old attachments to worldly pleasure fall away and a steady, unfailing inner state takes their place.

When you look back and see how much a practice or relationship has changed who you are.

When you're finally letting go of old habits that once seemed to define you.

When you notice a new steadiness in yourself that doesn't waver with circumstances.

The verse

तेव्हां होतों भोगाधीन । तुम्हां भिन्न पासूनि ॥१॥ आतां बोलों नये ऐसें । आनारिसें वेगळें ॥ध्रु.॥ सन्मुख जालों स्वामीकडे । भव औठडे निराळे ॥२॥ चिंतिलें तें चिंतामणी । फिटे धणी तों द्यावें ॥३॥ सहज स्थित आहे अंगीं । प्रसंगीं ते वंचेना ॥४॥ तुमची देवा धरिली कास । केला नास प्रपंचा ॥५॥ तुका म्हणे जाणोनि वर्म । कर्माकर्में ठेविलीं ॥६॥ ॥५॥

Literal translation

Then was subject-to-bhoga — separate from you. Now don't speak so — different-separate. Face-to-face with Svāmī — bhava-shore separate. Contemplated, chintāmaṇi-yields — give till full. Natural state in body — at occasion doesn't fail. Held your pallu, Dēvā — destroyed prapancha. Tuka says: knowing the secret — karma-actions set aside. ॥5॥ (closing-colophon of 5-abhang sub-section).

What it means

THE FACE-TO-FACE-WITH-SVĀMĪ ABHANG. Closes a 5-abhang sub-section.

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For someone today

For today: face-to-face with Svāmī — bhava-shore separated.

Where this applies

When you look back and realize how much a spiritual practice has changed who you are
When you're leaving behind old habits that once felt like they defined you
When you finally feel steady and unshaken no matter what situation you're in
When you want language for the relief of no longer being pulled by old worldly cravings

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