संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3276 of 4582
Abhanga 3276
Tukārām's virakta-resolve: no-deha-desire, only-pāya-vāsanā.
When you feel like words fall completely short of expressing what someone or something truly means to you.
When you realize quiet, ongoing remembrance matters more than grand gestures or eloquent speech.
When you want to identify your one true underlying longing beneath all your smaller wants.
The verse
बोलोनियां काय दावूं । तुम्ही जीऊ जगाचे ॥१॥
हे चि आतां माझी सेवा । चिंतन देवा करितों ॥ध्रु.॥
विरक्तासी देह तुच्छ । नाहीं आस देहाची ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे पायापाशीं । येइन ऐसी वासना ॥३॥
Literal translation
By-speaking-what-show? You're-jīvana-of-jagat. My-sevā-now — chintana-of-Deva. Virakta-deha-tuchchha; no-āśa-of-deha. Tukā: come-to-feet — this-vāsanā.
What it means
A short 3-verse claim. Speech-can't-praise-you; only-chintana-is-my-sevā.
For someone today
Tukārām's virakta-resolve: no-deha-desire, only-pāya-vāsanā.
Where this applies
- When you feel like praise or words fall completely short of expressing what someone or something truly means to you.
- When you realize that quiet, ongoing remembrance matters more than grand gestures or eloquent speech.
- When you notice how much energy goes into caring for your body's comfort and wonder what deeper longing you're neglecting.
- When you want to identify what your one true underlying desire really is, beneath all the smaller wants.