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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3048 of 4582

Abhanga 3048

Living with sincerity and keeping your word opens real closeness with God, and after that you can let go of worry and trust the outcome to God's hands.

When you feel you're just going through the motions without real conviction.
When you're anxious about outcomes you can't control.
When you're deciding whether to keep a promise that would be easier to break.

The verse

केली प्रज्ञा मनाशीं । तई मी दास सत्यत्वेशीं । नेईंन पायांपाशीं । स्वामी मूळ पंढरिये ॥१॥ तोंवरी हें भरीं पोट । केला तो मिथ्या बोभाट । नाहीं सांपडली वाट । सइराट फिरतसें ॥ध्रु.॥ ज्यावें आदराचें जिणें । स्वामी कृपा करी तेणें । पाळिल्या वचनें । सख्यत्वाचा अनुभव ॥२॥ घडे तैसें घडो आतां । मायबापाची सत्ता । तुका म्हणे चिंता । काय पाहें मारगा ॥३॥

Literal translation

Kelī prajñā manāśīm — (when I have) formedprajñāin mind; taī mī dāsa satyatveśīm — then I amdāsatruly; neīmna pāyāmpāśīm — will take to (the) feet; svāmī mūḷa Paṇḍhariye — the svāmī, source of Paṇḍharī. Tōvarī he bharīm pōṭa — until then, this belly-filling; kelā tō mithyā bōbhāṭa — (is) amithyā-bobbāṭa; nāhī sāmpaḍalī vāṭa — the path is not found; sairāṭa phiraṭasē — (I) wander aimless. Jyāve ādarāñce jiṇe — one should live by ādara; svāmī krpā karī teṇe — the svāmī does krpā by that; pāḷilyā vachane sakhyatvāñcā anubhava — by kept-words, the anubhava of sakhyatva. Ghaḍe taise ghaḍō ātām — let it happen as it will; māyabāpāñcī sattā — māyabāpa's sattā; Tukā mhaṇe chintā — Tukā says: what chintā; kāya pāhe mārgā — I am looking at the mārga.

What it means

A 3-verse resolve-and-trust text by Tukārām.

The verse moves from-resolve (if-I-form-prajñā-in-mind, then-I-am-dāsa-truly) to-confidence (the-svāmī-will-take-me-to-feet) to-acknowledgment (until-then, this-belly-filling is-mithyā; I-wander-sairāṭa) to-method (live-by-ādara, kept-words → sakhyatva-anubhava) to-surrender (let-it-happen-as-it-will, māyabāpa's-sattā; what-chintā? — I-look-at-the-mārga).

For someone today

Tukārām's prajñā-resolve. (When I have) formed prajñā in mind — then I am a dāsa truly. The svāmī, source of Paṇḍharī, will take me to (his) feet. Until then, this belly-filling is a false-cry; the path is not found — (I) wander aimless. One should live by honor — the svāmī does krpā by that; by kept-words — comes the anubhava of friendship. Let it happen as it will — that is māyabāpa's sattā. What worry? — I am looking at the mārga. The verse permits the prajñā-resolve-and-trust posture: formed-mind → true-dāsa-status → svāmī-krpā.

Where this applies

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