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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3204 of 4582

Abhanga 3204

A truly realized person stays awake and unshaken at their inner center, no matter what outer role or appearance the moment requires.

When you have to act differently in different settings and fear you're losing yourself
When you want to feel steady inside even while your outer life keeps shifting
When you try to keep coming back to a quiet, faithful center through daily remembrance

The verse

भूतांचिये नांदे जीवीं । गोसावी च सकळां ॥१॥ क्षणक्षणां जागा ठायीं । दृढ पायीं विश्वास ॥ध्रु.॥ दावूनियां सोंग दुजें । अंतर बीजें वसतसे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे जाणे धने । धरी तें वर्म चिंतन ॥३॥

Literal translation

Bhūtas-dwell in-jīva, gōsāvī of-all. Kṣaṇa-kṣaṇa awake at-place, drḍha-feet-viśvāsa. Showing-second-sōnga, antar-bīja stays. Tukā: knows-dhane, holds-varma-chintana.

What it means

A short 3-verse text. The-realized-one is-master-of-all-creatures; always-awake-at-the-place; even-showing-other-form, the-inner-seed-stays-fixed.

For someone today

Tukārām describes someone truly realized as a person who lives inside every creature — a master, not by ruling others, but by staying awake in that inner place every single moment, with firm faith planted at the feet of God. Such a person may put on a different face for the outside world, play a role, wear a mask suited to the moment, but the inner seed of who they are never shifts. What they truly hold onto, Tukārām says, is this secret: keep remembering, keep returning inward, and you keep your wealth. You do not have to be the same on the outside every day to stay whole on the inside.

मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात, खरा जाणता माणूस प्रत्येक जीवामध्ये वास करतो — तो कोणावर सत्ता गाजवत नाही, तर प्रत्येक क्षणी त्या आतल्या जागी जागा राहतो, देवाच्या पायी दृढ विश्वास ठेवून. असा माणूस बाहेरून वेगळे सोंग दाखवू शकतो, प्रसंगानुसार वेगळा चेहरा घालू शकतो, पण त्याचे आतले बीज कधी बदलत नाही. तुकाराम सांगतात, हेच खरे रहस्य आहे — सतत आठवण ठेवा, आत परत या, म्हणजे तुमची संपत्ती टिकून राहील. बाहेरून रोज सारखे दिसण्याची गरज नाही, आतून एकसंध राहणे महत्त्वाचे आहे.

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