Abhanga 3229
Deep trust gives you freedom and access, like holding the key to the treasury, so you can give and take generously without guilt or hesitation.
The verse
एकांतीं लोकांतीं करूं गदारोळ । लेश तो ही मळ नाहीं येथें ॥१॥
घ्यावें द्यावें आम्हीं आपुलिया सत्ता । न देखों पुसता दुजा कोणी ॥ध्रु.॥
भांडाराची किली माझे हातीं आहे । पाहिजे तो पाहें वान येथें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे आम्हां विश्वासाच्या बळें । ठेविलें मोकळें देवें येथें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Ekānti-lōkānti make-gadārōḷa; no-maḷa here. Take-give by-our-sattā; none-questions. Bhāṇḍāra-key in-my-hand; pick-what-you-want. Tukā: by-viśvāsa-bala, Deva-kept-mōkaḷa here.
What it means
A canonical confidence-text. The Lord-has-given-the-bhakta the-treasury-key — we-can-take-and-give-freely.
For someone today
In solitude or in a crowd, Tukaram says he can make all the noise he wants without a trace of guilt, because none of it is wrongdoing. He describes having the very key to the treasury in his own hand, free to take and give as he sees fit, with no one questioning him. This confidence isn't arrogance, it comes purely from trust: because he trusts fully, God has left things open and accessible to him.
मराठी: एकांतात असो वा गर्दीत, तुकाराम म्हणतात ते हवा तितका गोंगाट करू शकतात, कारण त्यात कणभरही चूक नाही. भांडाराची किल्लीच जणू त्यांच्या हातात आहे, हवं तसं घ्यायला आणि द्यायला ते मोकळे आहेत, कुणीही त्यांना प्रश्न विचारत नाही. हा आत्मविश्वास गर्व नाही, तो केवळ विश्वासातून येतो, कारण त्यांचा पूर्ण विश्वास आहे, म्हणून देवाने त्यांच्यासाठी सगळं मोकळं ठेवलं आहे.
Where this applies
- When you worry that expressing yourself freely will be judged as wrong
- When deep trust in a relationship gives you a sense of ease and access
- When you feel free to give and share generously without asking permission
- When your confidence comes from trust rather than from status or pride