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Abhanga 2575

For today: all-authority-holder Hari — jīva gives itself as gift .

When you are struggling with foolish attachments and need to trust that grace can burn them away

When you feel you have little to give in return for the blessings you have received

When you want to offer your whole self back out of gratitude rather than obligation

The verse

सकळ सत्ताधारी । व्हावें ऐसें काय हरी ॥१॥ परि या कृपेच्या वोरसें । कुढावयाचें चि पिसें ॥ध्रु.॥ अंगें सर्वोत्तम । अवघा चि पूर्णकाम ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे दाता । तरि हा जीव दान देता ॥३॥

Literal translation

All-authority-holder — must Hari be like this. But by kṛpā's-source — madness is to be cooked/burned. In body sarva-uttama — wholly pūrṇa-kāma. Tuka says: giver — then this jīva gives [itself as] gift.

What it means

THE ALL-AUTHORITY-HOLDER + JĪVA-GIVES-ITSELF-AS-GIFT ABHANG.

The closing: Tukā mhaṇē dātā — tari hā jīva dāna dētā — Tuka says: giver — then this jīva gives [itself as] gift. You-are-the-giver; then THIS jīva gives-itself-as-the-gift back. The reciprocal-gift-economy of bhakti.

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For someone today

For today: all-authority-holder Hari — jīva gives itself as gift.

Where this applies

When you are wrestling with foolish habits or delusions and need to trust that grace can burn them away
When you feel you have nothing to offer someone who already has everything
When you want to understand generosity as something that flows both ways, not just one direction
When you need reassurance that surrendering yourself fully is itself a meaningful gift

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