संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3256 of 4582

Abhanga 3256

Stop letting worldly pressure crush you; take refuge in Pandurang without demands or fixed plans, and let simple trust and service carry you to peace.

When you feel worn down by the endless demands of family and daily survival.

When you catch yourself insisting things must go exactly as you planned.

When you want to surrender your worries but aren't sure how to begin trusting.

The verse

किती रांडवडे । घालूनि व्हाल रे बापुडे । संसाराचे भिडे । कासावीस जालेती ॥१॥ माझ्या स्वामी शरण रिघा । कृपाळुवा पांडुरंगा । ठेवी अंगसंगा । विश्वासियां जवळी ॥ध्रु.॥ कांहीं न मागतां भलें । होईंल तें चि काम केलें । नसावें आथिलें । कांहीं एका संकल्पें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भाव । पाववील ठायाठाव । एकविध जीव । ठेविलिया सेवेसी ॥३॥

Literal translation

V1: how-many-rāṇḍavaḍes; bāpuḍe in-samsāra-bhīḍa kāsāvīsa-jāletī. V2 (dhr.): go-śaraṇa to-svāmī-krpāḷu-Pāṇḍuranga; he-places-anga-sanga near-viśvāsī. V3: not-asking, the-bhalē-happens; don't-have-samkalpa. V4: Tukā: bhāva leads-to-place; ekavidha-jīva placed-in-sevā.

What it means

A 3-verse invitation. Stop-falling-into-ruins; take-refuge-in-Pāṇḍuranga; he-places-himself-near-the-trusting; not-asking, the-good-happens; bhāva-leads.

For someone today

Tukaram asks how many times you will let yourself be crushed by the ruin and pressure of worldly life before you turn for help. His answer is simple: go for refuge to the compassionate Pandurang, who stays close to anyone who trusts him. You don't need to ask for anything specific or cling to a particular plan for how things should turn out; when you place yourself in his care, good comes on its own. A single-hearted devotion, given over in service, is what carries you to that place of rest.

मराठी: तुकाराम विचारतात की संसाराच्या ओढाताणीने आणि दडपणाने किती वेळा स्वतःला गांजून घेणार आहात, त्याआधी मदतीसाठी का वळत नाही. त्यांचे उत्तर सोपे आहे: कृपाळू पांडुरंगाला शरण जा, जो विश्वास ठेवणाऱ्याजवळ राहतो. काही विशिष्ट गोष्ट मागण्याची किंवा गोष्टी कशा घडाव्यात याचा हट्ट धरण्याची गरज नाही; स्वतःला त्याच्या हाती सोपवले की चांगले आपोआप घडते. एकनिष्ठ भाव आणि सेवेत वाहून घेणे हेच त्या विसाव्याच्या ठिकाणी घेऊन जाते.

Where this applies

When you feel suffocated by household pressures and money worries and don't know where to turn
When you keep making the same self-defeating choices and sense you are heading toward ruin
When you are tempted to bargain with a specific outcome instead of simply trusting and doing your part
When you want relief but feel you first have to earn it by asking correctly or planning everything