संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3325 of 4582
Abhanga 3325
In desperate need, cry out with total urgency and stretch toward God with whatever strength remains, trusting that rest will come.
When you feel too weak or overwhelmed to reach out and you call for urgent help.
When you sense your strength or time is running out and you long desperately for relief.
When you make whatever small effort you can while waiting anxiously for God to come to you.
The verse
चालवणें काय । ऐसें अंगे माझे माय ॥१॥
धांव धांव लवलाहें । कंठीं प्राण वाट पाहे ॥ध्रु.॥
पसरूनि कर । तुज चालिलों समोर ॥२॥
देसील विसांवा । तुका म्हणे ऐशा हांवा ॥३॥
Literal translation
What-walking — such-anga my-māya. Run-run-quickly — prāṇa-at-kaṇṭha watches-vāṭa. Spreading-hands I-walked-samōra to-you. Will-give-visāva — Tukā: such-hāmvā.
What it means
An urgent 3-verse mother-petition. Prāṇa is at the throat — run quickly, mother. Compare canonical dhāmva dhāmva prayers across the Gatha.
For someone today
Tukārām: prāṇa-at-throat petition — run mother.
Where this applies
- When you are in crisis and feel too weak to reach out on your own, so you cry for help urgently
- When you sense your strength or time is running out and you desperately want relief before it is too late
- When you do whatever small thing you can while waiting anxiously for God or someone you trust to come to you
- When you need to voice raw longing rather than a calm, composed prayer