संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2583 of 4582

Abhanga 2583

In deep longing, it is alright to call out urgently and repeatedly for comfort, asking to be embraced right away rather than waiting quietly.

When you are aching with longing and want to voice it directly instead of holding it in

When you keep anxiously watching for someone to arrive and wonder what is taking so long

When you need real comfort, an embrace, not just words of reassurance

The verse

क्षणक्षणां जीवा वाटतसे खंती । आठवती चित्तीं पाय देवा ॥१॥ येई वो येई वो येई लवलाहीं । आळिंगूनि बाहीं क्षेम देई ॥ध्रु.॥ उतावळि मन पंथ अवलोकी । आठवा ते चुकी काय जाली ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माझ्या जीवींच्या जीवना । घाला नारायणा उडी वेगीं ॥३॥

Literal translation

Moment-to-moment jīva feels yearning — feet remembered in chitta. Come, come, come quickly — embracing with arms, give blessing. Eager mind watches the path — what mistake happened. Tuka says: my life-of-life — leap quickly, Nārāyaṇā.

What it means

THE COME-COME-COME-QUICKLY ABHANG. Tukārām's most-urgent yē'ī vō yē'ī vō call.

The thrice-repeated call: yē'ī vō yē'ī vō yē'ī lavalāhīm — āḷingūni bāhīm kṣēma dē'ī — come, come, come quickly — embracing with arms, give blessing. COME, COME, COME quickly; embracing-with-arms, give-blessing. The bhakta's-most-urgent-emergency-call — triple-repetition for emphasis, followed-by the-specific-request: not just-presence but embrace-with-arms-and-blessing.

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For someone today

For today: come, come, come quickly — embrace with arms, give blessing.

Where this applies

When you are in real anguish and want to voice your longing directly and urgently, without holding back
When you keep watching for someone or something to arrive and wonder anxiously what is taking so long
When you need to allow yourself to say come now, I need you, instead of pretending you are fine
When you crave to be held and comforted, not just reassured with words

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