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Abhanga 3243

This blessing dissolves the pull of opposites like joy and sorrow, clears built-up worry through an inward gift of love, and lets true well-being come to meet you simply through singing.

When you are pulled between opposite feelings like joy and sorrow and want steadiness.

When worry has piled up and you need it to finally clear.

When you sing or chant and notice that what is good for you seems to arrive on its own.

The verse

कल्याण या आशीर्वादें । जाती द्वंद्वें नासोनि ॥१॥ आश्वासिलें नारायणें । प्रेमदानें अंतरिंच्या ॥ध्रु.॥ गेली निवारोनि आतां । सकळ चिंता यावरि ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे गातां गीत । आलें हित सामोरें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Kalyāṇa yā āśīrvāde — kalyāṇa by this āśīrvāda; jātī dvamdve nāsōnī — dvandvas go away nāsōnī. Āśvāsile Nārāyaṇe — Nārāyaṇa has reassured; premadāne amtarimñcyā — with prema-dāna from inward. Gelī nivārōnī ātām — now nivārōnī gone; sakaḷa chintā yāvari — all chintā on (us). Tukā mhaṇe gātām gīta — Tukā says: singing gīta; āle hita sāmōre — hita came face-to-face.

What it means

A short 3-verse confirmation-of-bhakti text by Tukārām.

The claim: Kalyāṇa-by-this-āśīrvāda; dvandvas-vanished. Nārāyaṇa-reassured with-prema-dāna from-inward. All-chintā-cleared. Singing-gīta — hita-came-face-to-face.

The image hita came-sāmōre (welfare came face-to-face) is striking — what-is-good-for-you came-to-meet-you through-the-singing-of-the-gīta.

For someone today

Tukārām's bhakti-confirmation. By this blessing (of) kalyāṇa — the opposites go away. Nārāyaṇa has reassured by the gift of love from within. All worry has now gone — cleared. By singing the song, welfare came face-to-face. The verse offers this bhakti confirmation: singing the song brings true well-being to meet you face to face.

मराठी: तुकाराम भक्तीच्या फलाबद्दल सांगतात. या कल्याणकारी आशीर्वादाने द्वंद्वे नाहीशी होतात. नारायणाने अंतरीच्या प्रेमदानाने आश्वस्त केले आहे. आता सगळी चिंता दूर झाली आहे. तुकाराम म्हणतात, गीत गाता गाता हित समोरून येऊन भेटले. अशा प्रकारे हा अभंग सांगतो की भक्तिगीत गायल्याने खरे हित आपणहून आपल्यासमोर येते.

Where this applies

When you are torn between opposites like praise and blame, or gain and loss
When worry has been quietly piling up and you need real relief, not distraction
When you turn to singing or chanting hoping it will ease your mind
When you need reassurance that comes from within rather than from changing your circumstances

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