Abhanga 3205
Honoring someone precious does not require wealth or ceremony; sincere feeling and the offering of yourself are enough.
The verse
संत आले घरा । तों मी अभागी दातारा ॥१॥
कासयानें पूजा करूं । चरण हृदयीं च धरूं ॥ध्रु.॥
काया कुरवंडी । करुन ओंवाळून सांडी ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे भावें । हात जोडीं असो ठावें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Sants-came-home, I'm-unfortunate-host. With-what-pūjā? hold-feet-in-hrdaya. Kāyā-kuravaṇḍī, doing-ōmvāḷaṇa, casting-aside. Tukā: with-bhāva, hands-folded, let-it-be-known.
What it means
A 3-verse humility-text on receiving-sants-at-home. Body-itself-as-the-sacrifice-and-ārati.
For someone today
Tukārām imagines saints arriving at his door and feeling suddenly poor as a host — what could he possibly offer that would be worthy? His answer is not to search for something grand. He holds their feet in his heart, and offers his own body as the gift, circling it like a lamp of ārati and letting it go completely. When someone precious steps into your life, you do not need wealth or ceremony to honor them. Sincere feeling and folded hands are enough, and Tukārām says: let that be known plainly.
मराठी: तुकाराम कल्पना करतात की संत घरी आले आहेत आणि आपण अचानक एक अपुरा, कमनशिबी यजमान वाटू लागतो — अशा वेळी काय अर्पण करावे? त्यांचे उत्तर मोठे काही शोधण्याचे नाही. ते संतांचे चरण हृदयात धरतात आणि स्वतःचा देहच अर्पण करतात, दिव्यासारखा ओवाळून पूर्णपणे सोडून देतात. जेव्हा कोणी मोलाची व्यक्ती तुमच्या आयुष्यात येते, तेव्हा त्यांचा सन्मान करायला संपत्ती किंवा मोठा विधी लागत नाही. खरी भावना आणि जोडलेले हात पुरेसे असतात, आणि तुकाराम म्हणतात, हे स्पष्टपणे कळू द्या.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's sants-came-home — kāyā-kuravaṇḍī canonical-image