Abhanga 2911
Hārapalyāñcī nakā chitti — (for) the lost (things) — don't (hold) in chitta; dharūm khaṇṭi vāmyām cha — hold khaṇṭi (sorrow, grief) vainly.
The verse
हारपल्याची नका चित्ती । धरूं खंती वांयां च ॥१॥
पावलें तें म्हणा देवा । सहज सेवा या नांवें ॥ध्रु.॥
होणार तें तें भोगें घडे । लाभ जोडे संकल्पें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे मोकळें मन । अवघें पुण्य या नांवें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Hārapalyāñcī nakā chitti — (for) the lost (things) — don't (hold) in chitta; dharūm khaṇṭi vāmyām cha — hold khaṇṭi (sorrow, grief) vainly. Pāvale te mhaṇā Devā — what has come — say Devā (i.e., name it as Deva's-gift); sahaja sevā yā nāve — sahaja (natural) sevā is in this name. Hōṇāra te te bhōge ghaḍe — what will happen, happens by bhōga (experiencing); lābha jōḍe sankalpe* — lābha (gain) joins by sankalpa (intention, vow). Tukā says: mōkaḷe mana — (the) open mind; avaghe puṇya yā nāve — all puṇya (merit) is in this name.
What it means
A canonical equanimity-prayer verse. Hārapalyāñcī nakā chitti — dharūm khaṇṭi vāmyām cha — don't hold sorrow in chitta for the lost — vainly. The opening: for-things-lost, don't-grieve.
Pāvale te mhaṇā Devā — sahaja sevā yā nāve — what has come — say Devā — natural sevā is in this name. The discipline: what-comes is the Devā (Deva's-gift); calling-it-such is natural-sevā.
Hōṇāra te te bhōge ghaḍe — lābha jōḍe sankalpe — what will happen, happens by bhōga — gain joins by sankalpa. The diagnostic: what-happens, happens-by-bhōga (karmic-experiencing); gain-comes-by-sankalpa (intention-vow).
The close: Tukā mhaṇe mōkaḷe mana — avaghe puṇya yā nāve — open mind — all puṇya in this name. The bhakti-claim: the open-mind, calling-everything-Deva, has all-the-puṇya in this very-naming.
(Pairs with 2867 ṭhevilē-Anantē-taisē-chi-rāhāve — the equanimity-prayer pair.)
For someone today
A useful equanimity-prayer. Don't hold sorrow in chitta for the lost — vainly. What has come — say Devā (call-it-Deva's-gift) — natural sevā is in this name. What will happen, happens by bhōga — gain joins by sankalpa. The open mind — all puṇya is in this name. The verse permits equanimity-with-circumstance: (1) don't grieve the lost; (2) call-what-came Devā; (3) the experiencing comes by karma; the gain by intention; (4) open-mind has all-the-puṇya. The discipline: transform what-comes-and-goes into Deva's-name-and-sevā.
Where this applies
- The don't-grieve-the-lost; what-is-given-call-Deva-sevā equanimity prayer
- Recognizing what-happens-happens-by-bhōga; lābha-by-sankalpa
- Open-mind = all-puṇya claim
- Pairs with 2867 (ṭhevilē-Anantē) as the equanimity-prayer pair