Abhanga 2752
The verse offers a useful affectionate-apology template after combative-protest. I got too familiar and spoke too freely — we are spoiled-darlings. What shouldn't be said came out — you must bear it. Among all, one fool plays the riddle. Mother-father — don't be angry with me. The pattern: combative protest (2748-2749, 2750) followed by affectionate apology (2752). The bhakti-relationship permits both — but the kōpōm-nakā (don't-anger) closing preserves the relationship-thread. The vēḍē-khēḷavitī-kōḍē (the fool plays the riddle) image is self-aware-humor — I know I am the fool who plays the puzzle-game with you.
The verse
केली सलगी तोंडपिटी । आम्ही लडिवाळें धाकुटीं ॥१॥
न बोलावें तें चि आलें । देवा पाहिजे साहिलें ॥ध्रु.॥
अवघ्यांमध्यें एक वेडें । तें चि खेळविती कोडें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे मायबापा । मजवरि कोपों नका ॥३॥
Literal translation
Kelī salagī tōṇḍapiṭī — (I) have donesalagī(familiarity-imposition) oftōṇḍa-piṭī(mouth-beating, speaking-too-freely); āmhī laḍivāḷē dhākuṭīm — we arelaḍivāḷē(spoiled, petted)dhākuṭīm(small-ones). Na bōlāve tē chi ālē — what should not be said, that itself came (out); Devā pāhije sāhilē — Deva, it must be borne (by you). Avaghyām-madhyē eka vēḍē — among all, onevēḍa(mad-one, foolish-one); tē chi khēḷavitī kōḍē — that very-one playskōḍē(the riddle, the puzzle-game). Tukā says: māyabāpā — majavari kōpōm nakā — mother-father — don'tkōpa(anger) at me.
What it means
An affectionate-apology verse, balancing the combative-protests of 2748-2749. Kelī salagī tōṇḍapiṭī — āmhī laḍivāḷē dhākuṭīm — I have done familiarity-of-mouth-beating — we are spoiled-darling-small-ones. Salagī (familiarity, close-association) — the child-with-the-mother familiarity. Tōṇḍa-piṭī — mouth-beating, speaking-too-freely. The bhakta acknowledges he has overdone-the-familiarity. Laḍivāḷē dhākuṭīm — the spoiled-darling-small-ones — the child's-self-recognition.
The dhrūpada: na bōlāve tē chi ālē — Devā pāhije sāhilē — what should not be said, that very thing came out; Deva, it must be borne (by you). The honest-acknowledgment: the unsayable was said. The petition: you must bear it. Sāhaṇē (to bear, to endure) — the affectionate request to the protector.
The second verse adds a wry-image: avaghyām-madhyē eka vēḍē — tē chi khēḷavitī kōḍē — among all, one mad-one — that very-one plays the riddle (kōḍē). Avaghyām-madhyē (among all) — in the crowd of bhaktas — eka vēḍē (one fool) — that very-one plays the riddle-game. The bhakta wryly identifies himself as the one mad-one who plays the puzzle-game with the Lord.
The close: māyabāpā — majavari kōpōm nakā — mother-father — don't anger at me. The affectionate-plea after the combative-protest. Mother-father, don't be angry with me. The relationship is preserved by the affectionate-closing.
For someone today
The verse offers a useful affectionate-apology template after combative-protest. I got too familiar and spoke too freely — we are spoiled-darlings. What shouldn't be said came out — you must bear it. Among all, one fool plays the riddle. Mother-father — don't be angry with me. The pattern: combative protest (2748-2749, 2750) followed by affectionate apology (2752). The bhakti-relationship permits both — but the kōpōm-nakā (don't-anger) closing preserves the relationship-thread. The vēḍē-khēḷavitī-kōḍē (the fool plays the riddle) image is self-aware-humor — I know I am the fool who plays the puzzle-game with you.
मराठी: हा अभंग रागाच्या प्रतिकारानंतरच्या प्रेमळ माफीचा एक उपयुक्त नमुना देतो. मी खूप सलगी केली आणि उगीचच जास्त बोललो — आम्ही लाडावलेली लेकरं आहोत. जे बोलायला नको होतं ते बोललो गेलं — ते तुलाच सहन करावं लागेल. सगळ्यांमध्ये एक वेडा माणूस कोडं खेळतो आहे. माय-बापा — माझ्यावर रागावू नकोस. आधी रागीट प्रतिकार, मग प्रेमळ माफी — हा नमुना आहे. भक्तीचं नातं दोन्हींना जागा देतं — पण शेवटचं 'रागावू नकोस' हे वाक्य नातं टिकवून ठेवतं. 'वेडा कोडं खेळतो' ही प्रतिमा स्वतःवरची खेळकर टिप्पणी आहे — मला माहीत आहे की मीच तो वेडा आहे जो तुझ्याशी कोडं खेळतोय.
Where this applies
- When you've spoken too bluntly to someone you love, out of familiarity, and regret it
- When you need to apologize but want to keep the warmth of the relationship intact
- When you catch yourself acting like a spoiled child with someone who has always indulged you
- When you can laugh at your own foolishness instead of being crushed by guilt