Abhanga 3314
This is Tukaram's final, simplest request: let the memory of the Lord's feet stay fixed in his heart. He is not asking for wealth or achievement, only for the grace to keep his mind close to God at all times. He notices that real meeting with the divine is not something you can force by effort alone, it depends on grace, though sincere remembrance keeps you from ever truly losing that connection. When everything else in your spiritual life has been tried, this last prayer says simply, do not let me forget you.
The verse
सेवटींची हे विनंती । पाय चित्तीं रहावे ॥१॥
ऐसे करा कृपादान । तुम्हां मन सन्निध ॥ध्रु.॥
भाग्याविण कैंची भेटी । नव्हे तुटी चिंतनें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे कळसा आलें । हें विठ्ठलें परिसावें ॥३॥
Literal translation
End-vinatī; pāya-stay-in-chitti. Give-krpā-dāna; mana-sannidha. No-bhāgya-no-bhēṭī; no-tūṭi by-chintana. Tukā: came-kaḷasa, Viṭhṭhal-listen.
What it means
A short 3-verse end-petition. I've-reached-the-climax — listen, Viṭhṭhal.
For someone today
This is Tukaram's final, simplest request: let the memory of the Lord's feet stay fixed in his heart. He is not asking for wealth or achievement, only for the grace to keep his mind close to God at all times. He notices that real meeting with the divine is not something you can force by effort alone, it depends on grace, though sincere remembrance keeps you from ever truly losing that connection. When everything else in your spiritual life has been tried, this last prayer says simply, do not let me forget you.
मराठी: तुकारामांची ही अखेरची आणि सर्वात साधी विनंती आहे, विठ्ठलाच्या पायांची आठवण माझ्या मनात कायम राहावी. ते संपत्ती किंवा यश मागत नाहीत, फक्त माझं मन तुझ्या जवळ राहावं एवढीच कृपा मागतात. देवाशी खरी भेट केवळ प्रयत्नाने घडत नाही, ती नशिबावर अवलंबून असते, तरी मनापासून केलेलं चिंतन ती नाळ कधी तुटू देत नाही, हे ते जाणतात. आयुष्यभराच्या साधनेनंतर उरणारी ही एकच मागणी आहे, मला विसरू देऊ नकोस.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's end-vinatī; came-to-kaḷasa canonical