Abhanga 3316
Ask for the gift of seeing God everywhere you look, not confined to one place, so that even your mistakes and stumbles turn toward the divine.
The verse
जिकडे पाहे तिकडे देव । ऐसा भाव दे कांहीं ॥१॥
काय केलों एकदेशी । गुणदोषीं संपन्न ॥ध्रु.॥
पडें तेथें तुझ्या पायां । करीं वायां न वजतें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे विषमें सारी । ठाणें धरी जीवासी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Wherever-look, Deva — give-such-bhāva. In-one-place, full-of-guṇa-dōṣa. Where-fall, your-pāya — don't-let-vāyām. Tukā: clear-viṣama, fix-jīva-in-ṭhāṇa.
What it means
A short 3-verse petition for-universal-bhāva.
For someone today
Tukaram prays for a specific gift, the ability to see God in everything, everywhere he looks, not confined to one holy place or moment. He admits honestly that he is not pure, he is a mix of good qualities and faults, so he is not claiming special righteousness. He asks that wherever he happens to fall or stumble, it lands him at God's feet rather than being a wasted fall. He wants his scattered, uneven attention gathered and steadied into one settled place.
मराठी: तुकाराम एक विशिष्ट देणगी मागतात, जिकडे पाहावं तिकडे देव दिसावा, केवळ एखाद्या पवित्र जागी किंवा ठराविक क्षणी नव्हे. ते प्रामाणिकपणे कबूल करतात की मी शुद्ध नाही, माझ्यात गुण आणि दोष दोन्ही आहेत, त्यामुळे ते कोणतीही खास पवित्रता दावा करत नाहीत. जिथे कुठे मी पडेन, ते तुझ्या पायाशीच पडावं, वाया जाऊ नये अशी ते विनंती करतात. त्यांचं विस्कळीत, चंचल मन एका स्थिर जागी टिकावं अशी त्यांची इच्छा आहे.
Where this applies
- When you only feel connected to God inside a temple or during formal prayer and want that presence to follow you everywhere
- When you are aware of your own mixed motives and flaws but still want to grow spiritually
- When you stumble or fail at something and wonder whether that failure can still lead you somewhere good
- When your attention is scattered across many things and you want it to settle in one place