Abhanga 3208
Tukārām offers this as a final, honest petition — he speaks exactly what is in his heart, nothing dressed up. What he asks for, with full sincerity, is simple: let God's name stay in his throat, always. He trusts that if this longing is fulfilled, he himself will become one with Nārāyaṇa. And he adds a sharp point: only someone who has actually offered their own body and life can truly sing the Lord's heroic glory — praise from anyone else is just words.
The verse
विनवितों सेवटीं । आहे तैसें माझे पोटीं ॥१॥
कंठीं राहावें राहावें । हें चि मागतसें भावें ॥ध्रु.॥
पुरली वासना । येणें होईंल नारायणा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे जो देहाडा । तो चि वर्णी पवाडा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Petition-at-end; what's-in-my-belly. Stay-in-throat, stay. Vāsanā-fulfilled — I-become-Nārāyaṇa. Tukā: who-offers-deha — that-one-praises-pavāḍa.
What it means
A short 3-verse petition. Stay-in-throat; only-the-deha-offerer praises-(your)-heroic-deeds.
For someone today
Tukārām offers this as a final, honest petition — he speaks exactly what is in his heart, nothing dressed up. What he asks for, with full sincerity, is simple: let God's name stay in his throat, always. He trusts that if this longing is fulfilled, he himself will become one with Nārāyaṇa. And he adds a sharp point: only someone who has actually offered their own body and life can truly sing the Lord's heroic glory — praise from anyone else is just words.
मराठी: तुकाराम ही एक अखेरची, प्रामाणिक विनवणी करतात — पोटात जे आहे तेच बोलतात, काही लपवत नाहीत. ते खऱ्या भावाने एवढेच मागतात की देवाचे नाम कायम कंठात राहावे. त्यांचा विश्वास आहे की ही इच्छा पूर्ण झाली, तर ते स्वतः नारायणासारखे होतील. आणि एक स्पष्ट गोष्ट सांगतात — ज्याने स्वतःचा देह खरोखर अर्पण केला आहे, तोच देवाच्या पराक्रमाचे खरे गुणगान गाऊ शकतो; बाकीच्यांची स्तुती फक्त शब्द असते.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's stay-in-throat; dehāḍā-alone-praises claim