Abhanga 3266
Genuine fondness always shows itself through natural signs, so trust the instinctive pull toward what feels right.
The verse
आवडी येते कळों । गुणें चिन्हें उमटती ॥१॥
पोटीचें ओठीं उभें राहे । चत्ति साहे मनासी ॥ध्रु.॥
डाहोळे याची भूक गर्भा । ताटीं प्रभा प्रतिबिंबे ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे मानोन घ्यावें । वाटे खावें वाटतें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Fondness-comes-to-knowing — guṇa-chinha-emerge. Pōṭī-thing at-lips; chitta-supports-mana. Ḍāhōḷe of-garbha — prabhā reflected-on-plate. Tukā: accept — eat-what-feels.
What it means
A 3-verse text. Fondness-is-recognized-by-its-marks; the-mother's-cravings show-the-baby's-need.
For someone today
Tukaram observes that real affection or devotion cannot stay hidden; it shows itself through natural signs and small tells. What's genuinely felt inside eventually reaches the lips and shapes how a person acts. He uses the image of a pregnant woman's craving, which somehow reflects her body's real need in what she longs to eat, to say that our inner promptings often point toward what is truly needed. His counsel is simple: trust that instinctive pull and follow it.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की खरी ओढ किंवा भक्ती लपून राहू शकत नाही, ती आपल्या स्वाभाविक खुणांतून आणि लहानसहान वागण्यातून प्रकट होते. मनात खरोखर जे असते ते शेवटी ओठांपर्यंत पोहोचते आणि आपल्या कृतीला आकार देते. गरोदर स्त्रीच्या डोहाळ्यांचे उदाहरण देत ते सांगतात की तिची खाण्याची तीव्र इच्छा प्रत्यक्षात तिच्या शरीराची खरी गरज दाखवते, त्याचप्रमाणे आपल्या मनातील उत्स्फूर्त ओढ अनेकदा खऱ्या गरजेकडे निर्देश करते. त्यांचा सल्ला सोपा आहे: त्या सहज वाटणाऱ्या ओढीवर विश्वास ठेवा आणि तिचे अनुसरण करा.
Where this applies
- When you're trying to tell whether someone's affection for you is genuine or just polite performance.
- When you notice your own true feelings leaking out in small unplanned gestures.
- When you have a strong gut pull toward something and wonder if you should trust it.
- When you're deciding whether to act on an intuitive sense of what you truly need right now.