Abhanga 2920
Tukaram asks for nothing but steady remembrance and God's Name on his lips, content to meet God patiently at the end rather than demanding wealth or an immediate sign.
The verse
नाहीं तुज कांहीं मागत संपत्ती । आठवण चित्ती असों द्यावी ॥१॥
सरलिया भोग येईंन सेवटीं । पायापें या भेटी अनुसंधानें ॥ध्रु.॥
आतां मजसाटीं याल आकारास । रोकडी हे आस नाहीं देवा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे मुखीं असो तुझें नाम । देईंल तो श्रम देवो काळ ॥३॥
Literal translation
Nāhī tuja kāmhī māgata sampattī — I am not asking you (for) anysampatti(wealth); āṭhavaṇa chitti asō dyāvī — letāṭhavaṇa(remembrance) be in (my) chitta. Saraliyā bhōga yeīna sevaṭī — whenbhōga(allotted-experiencing) is done, I will come at the end; pāyāpe yā bhēṭī anusandhāne — to (your) feet, forbhēṭī(meeting) byanusandhāna(connection, link). Ātām majsāṭī yāla ākārāsa — for me, now, (you) don't have to come intoākāra(form); rōkḍī he āsa nāhī Devā — I have norōkḍī āsa(cash-hope, immediate-demand), Deva. Tukā says: mukhī asō tujhe nāma — let your Name be in (my) mouth; deīla tō śrama devō kāḷa — letkāḷa(Time, Yama) give theśrama(toil) (it gives) — let him.
What it means
A short contented-bhakta verse. Nāhī tuja kāmhī māgata sampattī — āṭhavaṇa chitti asō dyāvī — I am not asking sampatti — let remembrance be in chitta. The opening-position: I ask-only for chitta-remembrance, not for wealth.
Saraliyā bhōga yeīna sevaṭī — pāyāpe yā bhēṭī anusandhāne — when bhōga is done, I will come at the end — for meeting by anusandhāna. The patient-claim: let the allotted-bhōga finish; I'll come at-the-end to-meet-(you) by anusandhāna (deep-connection-line).
Ātām majsāṭī yāla ākārāsa — rōkḍī he āsa nāhī Devā — (you) don't have to come into ākāra for me — I have no cash-hope. Rōkḍī āsa — cash-immediate-hope, demand-for-immediate-darśana. The bhakta has no-such-demand.
The close: Tukā mhaṇe mukhī asō tujhe nāma — deīla tō śrama devō kāḷa — let your Name be in mouth — let Kāḷa give whatever toil it gives. The equanimous-position: I'm-content-with-the-Name-in-my-mouth; Yama-can-do-whatever. (Pairs with 2855 kāḷa-yama-becomes-śaraṇa-to-Hari-japaka.)
For someone today
I'm not asking you for wealth, Tukaram says — just let remembrance of you stay in my heart. Once my allotted share of life's experiences runs its course, I'll come at the very end to meet you at your feet, through that deep inner connection. You don't need to appear before me in some visible form right now — I have no urgent demand for an immediate sign. Let your Name simply stay on my lips, and let Time do whatever it will with the rest.
मराठी: मी तुझ्याकडे संपत्ती मागत नाही, तुकाराम म्हणतात — फक्त तुझी आठवण माझ्या चित्तात राहू दे. माझा वाट्याला आलेला भोग संपला की, शेवटी मी तुझ्या पायांशी, त्या खोल आंतरिक अनुसंधानाने भेटायला येईन. मला आता तुला डोळ्यासमोर प्रत्यक्ष रूपात यायची गरज नाही — मला तशी तातडीची, लगेचची आस नाही, देवा. फक्त तुझे नाव माझ्या मुखी राहू दे, आणि बाकी काळ जे काही करील ते करू दे.
Where this applies
- When you catch yourself bargaining for quick results instead of trusting a slow, ongoing relationship
- When you want spiritual practice to bring wealth or comfort rather than simply steady remembrance
- When you are waiting for an outcome and need to accept that the meeting will come only when its time is right
- When you feel anxious for an immediate sign and need to settle instead for quiet, patient trust