Abhanga 2989
Tujhī varme āmhām ṭhāvī Nārāyaṇā — your varma (weak-points) are ṭhāvī (known) to us, Nārāyaṇa; parī tūm śahāṇā hōta nāhī — but you do not become śahāṇā (clever, alert).
The verse
तुझीं वर्में आम्हां ठावीं नारायणा । परी तूं शाहाणा होत नाहीं ॥१॥
मग कालाबुली हाका देते वेळे । होतोसि परी डोळे नुघडिसी ॥ध्रु.॥
जाणोनि अज्ञान करावें मोहरें । खोटी खोडी हे रे तुझी देवा ॥२॥
तुकयाबंधु म्हणे कारण प्रचीति । पाहातों वेळ किती तेच गुण ॥३॥
Literal translation
Tujhī varme āmhām ṭhāvī Nārāyaṇā — your varma (weak-points) are ṭhāvī (known) to us, Nārāyaṇa; parī tūm śahāṇā hōta nāhī — but you do not become śahāṇā (clever, alert). Maga kālābulī hākā dete veḷe — then, at the time (we) make kālābulī hākā (sad-pleading-cries); hōtōsi parī ḍōḷe nughaḍisī — you become (as one), but do not open (your) eyes. Jāṇōnī ajñāna karāve mōhare — knowing, (you) make a mōhare (mask, face) of ajñāna (not-knowing); khōṭī khōḍī he re tujhī Devā — this is a false khōḍī (trick) of yours, Deva. Tukyā-bandhu mhaṇe kāraṇa prachīti — Tukārām's-brother says: it (is) for prachīti (proof, evidence); pāhātōm veḷa kitī tech guṇa — I am-watching — how long (will-this) guṇa (quality) (last)?
What it means
A 3-verse protest verse by Tukyā-bandhu. NON-Tukārām. Part of the extended-Kānhōbā-cluster.
The bhakta-brother accuses the Lord of feigning-not-clever and-not-opening-eyes at-the-time-of-distress-cries. The diagnostic: the Lord is pretending-to-be-unaware. The brother promises to-watch for-how-long this-pretense-can-last.
For someone today
Kānhōbā's protest. Your weak-points are known to us, Nārāyaṇa — but you do not become clever. At the time (we) make sad-pleading-cries — you become (as one), but do not open (your) eyes. Knowing, (you) make a mask of not-knowing — this is a false trick of yours, Deva. Tukārām's-brother says: it (is) for evidence — I am watching — how long (will) this quality (last)? The verse permits the bhakta-protest at the Lord's-feigned-non-response.
Where this applies
- Part of Kānhōbā's extended-lament-cluster (2977-2997+)
- NON-Tukārām composition — signed by Tukyā-bandhu
- Protest: Lord-feigns-deafness; how-long-will-this-trick-last