Abhanga 2992
It is honest, not disrespectful, to name the anger of feeling robbed when someone you depended on is taken away from you.
The verse
पडिला हृषीकेशी । जाब सकळ करणें ॥१॥
माणसांमधून । उठविलें खाणोर्‍या ॥ध्रु.॥
जालासी कोठोनि । पैदा चोरा देहाच्या ॥२॥
ऐसें काय गेलें । होतें तुज न पुरतें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Paḍilā Hrṣīkeśī — fallen (= caught), Hrṣīkeśī; jāba sakaḷa karaṇe — (you are) answerable for-all-the-doing. Māṇasām-madhūn — from among themāṇasa(people); uṭhavile khāṇōryā — (you) raised-up thekhāṇōryā(eater, the-one-eating-our-savings). Jālāsī kōṭhōnī — from where did you come —paidā(born); chōrā dehāñcyā — chōrā(thief) of the body. Aise kāya gele — what did this go; hōte tuja na purate — would-it-not-suffice (you)?
What it means
A 3-verse striking-accusation verse. NON-Tukārām — part of the extended-cluster. The bhakta-brother accuses the Lord of being-a-chōrā-dehāñcyā (thief-of-the-body) who-raised-up-the-eater (Tukārām, whose-renunciation has-cost-the-family-its-supports).
The image: the Lord raised Tukārām up from-the-family (where-he-was-providing-for-them) and now-the-family-suffers. The Lord is-called chōrā-dehāñcyā — thief of-the-body (taking-Tukārām-bodily-away).
For someone today
Here Tukaram's brother makes one of the sharpest accusations in the whole cluster: he calls God a thief of the body who lifted a family member away from ordinary life and duties, leaving the household to struggle without him. He demands to know where God even came from and asks bluntly whether taking away this person's care and support was really necessary. It's a striking example of grief and resentment spoken plainly; when someone we love changes path or is taken from us, even in the name of devotion, it's honest to feel robbed.
मराठी: इथे तुकारामांचा भाऊ या संपूर्ण गुच्छातील सर्वात तीव्र आरोप करतो: तो देवाला देहाचा चोर म्हणतो, ज्याने कुटुंबातल्या एका माणसाला सामान्य आयुष्य आणि जबाबदाऱ्यांपासून उचलून नेलं आणि घराला त्याच्याशिवाय झगडत ठेवलं. तो थेट विचारतो की देव कुठून आला आणि या माणसाची काळजी व आधार हिरावून घेणं खरंच गरजेचं होतं का. दुःख आणि रागाचं हे स्पष्ट उदाहरण आहे — जेव्हा आपल्या प्रिय व्यक्तीचा मार्ग बदलतो किंवा ती आपल्यापासून हिरावली जाते, मग ते भक्तीच्या नावाखाली का असेना, तेव्हा लुटल्यासारखं वाटणं प्रामाणिक आहे.
Where this applies
- When someone you depended on has left to pursue a calling, leaving you to cope alone
- When you feel like a loved one's absence has left your family without support
- When you're angry at a higher power for what feels like an unfair loss
- When you need to voice the feeling of being robbed of someone's presence