Abhanga 3136
True devotion means staying fixed in one place with your whole heart, repeating the Name so the mind cannot wander, and diving in completely without holding anything back.
The verse
राहो ये चि ठायीं । माझा भाव तुझे पायीं ॥१॥
करीन नामाचें चिंतन । जाऊं नेदीं कोठें मन ॥ध्रु.॥
देईंन ये रसीं । आतां बुडी सर्वविशीं ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे देवा । साटी करोनियां जीवा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Rāhō ye chi ṭhāyīm — let (me) stay in this very place; mājhā bhāva tujhe pāyīm — my bhāva (is) at your pāya. Karīna nāmāñce chintana — I will do chintana of the Name; jāūm nedīm kōṭhe mana — won't let mana go anywhere. Deīmna ye rasīm — I will give (myself) in this rasa; ātām buḍī sarva-viśīm — now (a) buḍī sarva-viśīm. Tukā mhaṇe Devā — Tukā says: Deva; sāṭī karōnīyām jīvā — (I) make sāṭī of (my) jīva.
What it means
A short 3-verse resolve by Tukārām.
The resolve: Let-me-stay-here; bhāva-at-your-feet. Do-Name-chintana; mana-doesn't-leave. Give-myself-in-this-rasa; full-dive (buḍī) with-everything. Deva, I'll-make-a-sāṭī (trade) of-jīva.
The buḍī sarva-viśīm (full-dive-with-everything) is the radical-immersion-resolve; sāṭī of-jīva is the trade-of-life-itself.
For someone today
Tukārām's full-dive resolve. Let (me) stay in this very place — my bhāva (is) at your feet. I will do chintana of the Name — I will not let (my) mind go anywhere (else). I will give-(myself) in this rasa — now a full dive — with everything. Deva, I (will) make a trade — of (my) life. The verse permits the bhakti-resolve of full-immersion and jīva-trade.
Where this applies
- When your mind keeps wandering during prayer or practice and you want a way to anchor it firmly
- When you are tempted to hold something back instead of committing fully to a practice you believe in
- When you need words for a resolve to stay put and not chase after distractions
- When you want to understand what it means to give everything, even treating your own life as an offering