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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3013 of 4582

Abhanga 3013

A long stretch of hardship can end suddenly in abundance that feels like a debt long owed by fate finally being paid.

Part of Kānhōbā's lament-cluster (2977-3014)
NON-Tukārām composition — signed by Tukyā-bandhu

The verse

आतां चुकलें देशावर । करणें अकरणें सर्वत्र । घरासी आगर । आला सकळसद्धिींचा ॥१॥ जालों निधाईं निधानें। लागलें अनंतगुणरत्न । जन्माचें विच्छिन्न । दुःख जालें दारिद्र ॥ध्रु.॥ तारूं सागरिंचें अवचितें । हेंदोवलें आलें येथें । ओढिलें संचितें । पूर्वदत्तें लाधलें ॥२॥ तुकयाबंधु म्हणे सीमा । नाहीं आमुचिया दैवा । आतां पुरुषोत्तमा । ऐसा सवदागर सांपडला ॥३॥

Literal translation

Ātām chukale deśāvaranow thedeśāvara(wandering-away-from-home) has escaped; karaṇe akaraṇe sarvatradoing-and-not-doing everywhere; gharāsī āgara — ālā sakaḷa-siddhīñcāto (our) house, theāgara(mansion) ofsakaḷa-siddhihas come. Jālōm nidhāī nidhānewe have become (holders of)nidhāīofnidhāna(treasure); lāgale anantaguṇa-ratnatheananta-guṇa-ratna(jewel-of-infinite-qualities) has attached; janmāñce vichhinna — duḥkha jāle dāridrathejanma's-vichhinna(birth's-severed-failure), theduḥkhaofdāridra(poverty) — have happened (= ended). Tārum sāgariñce avachite — hendovale āle yethethetāru(boat) of (the)sāgara— suddenly — hashendovale(sheltered) here; ōḍhile samcite — pūrva-datte lādhale(it was) pulled bysamcita;pūrva-dattahas been attained. Tukayā-bandhu mhaṇe sīmāTukārām's-brother says: limit; nāhī āmuchiyā daivā(there is) no (limit) to ourdaiva; ātām Puruṣōttamā — aisā savadāgara sāpaḍalānow — Puruṣōttama — such asavdāgara(great-merchant) has been found.

What it means

A 3-verse resolution-continuation by Tukyā-bandhu. NON-Tukārām. Continuing the tonal-shift begun in 3012.

The brother continues-the-discovery: the deśāvara (wandering-from-home) has-escaped; the sakaḷa-siddhi-mansion came-home; we're nidhāī-of-nidhāna; ananta-guṇa-ratna attached; janma's-vichhinna and dāridra-duḥkha have-(ended); the boat-of-ocean anchored-here; samcita-pulled, pūrva-datta-attained. The closing-image: Puruṣōttama — such a savdāgara (great-merchant) — has-been-found. The Lord-as-great-merchant who-brought-all-these-goods.

For someone today

Kānhobā continues his turnaround here. He says the restless wandering, all the endless doing and undoing, has finally come to an end — a house full of every kind of blessing has arrived at their door. They've become keepers of a treasure, adorned with a jewel of infinite qualities, and the suffering of poverty, the sense of a failed birth, has simply ended. Like a ship from the ocean unexpectedly finding shelter here, it feels pulled in by accumulated good karma, a gift long owed finally arriving. Tukārām's brother says their fortune now has no limit — they have found, in Puruṣottama, a great merchant who brought all these riches home. It shows how a long stretch of hardship can end suddenly in abundance that feels like a debt long owed by fate finally being paid.

मराठी: कान्होबा इथे आपले हे वळण पुढे नेतो. सतत भटकंती, सतत काही ना काही करत राहणे-न करणे, हे सगळे अखेर संपले आहे असे तो सांगतो — घरात आता सर्व सिद्धींचे भांडार आले आहे. आपण जणू खजिन्याचे राखणदार झालो आहोत, अनंत गुणांचे रत्न अंगावर चढले आहे, आणि जन्माचे अपयश, दारिद्र्याचे दुःख आता संपले आहे. समुद्रातील एखादे जहाज अचानक इथे किनाऱ्याला लागावे तसे हे झाले आहे — जणू संचिताने ओढून आणले, पूर्वी दिलेले काहीतरी अखेर मिळाले. तुकारामांचा भाऊ म्हणतो की आता आपल्या नशिबाला काही सीमाच उरलेली नाही — पुरुषोत्तमाच्या रूपात असा एक थोर व्यापारी सापडला आहे. दीर्घकाळचे कष्ट अचानक अशा विपुलतेत बदलू शकतात की जणू नियतीने दीर्घकाळचे देणे अखेर फेडले आहे, हेच हा अभंग सांगतो.

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