Abhanga 3374
When longing for God is real, it shows up in every part of you at once, so the honest prayer is simply to ask God not to delay in fulfilling it.
The verse
नेत्राची वासना । तुज पाहावें नारायणा ॥१॥
करीं याचें समाधान । काय पहातोसी अनुमान ॥ध्रु.॥
भेटावें पंढरिराया । हें चि इच्छिताती बाह्या ॥२॥
म्हणतों जावें पंढरीसीं । हेंचि ध्यान चरणासी ॥३॥
चित्त म्हणे पायीं । तुझे राहीन निष्चयीं ॥४॥
म्हणे बंधु तुकयाचा । देवा भाव पुरवीं साचा ॥५॥
Literal translation
Netrāchī vāsanā — tuja pāhāve Nārāyaṇā — the eye's longing — is to see you, Nārāyaṇa. Karī yāche samādhāna — kāya pahātosī anumāna — satisfy it — what do you hesitate for? Bheṭāve Paṇḍhari-rāyā — hē-chi ichchhitātī bāhyā — to meet Paṇḍhari-rāya — this is what the arms wish. Mhaṇatōm jāve Paṇḍharīsīm — hē-chi dhyāna charaṇāsī — (the mouth) says: let us go to Paṇḍharī — this is feet's dhyāna. Chitta mhaṇe pāyīm — tujhe rāhīna niścayī — chitta says: I will stay at your feet with certainty. Mhaṇe bamdhu Tukayāchā — devā bhāva puravīm sāchā — Tukā's brother says: Deva, fulfill this true bhāva.
What it means
NON-Tukārām: signed bamdhu Tukayāchā — Tukārām's brother Kānhōbā. A 5-verse organ-by-organ yearning that runs parallel to Tukārām's own (compare 3358). The same form: each faculty wants the Lord. The closing fulfill-this-bhāva prayer makes it a yearning-prayer rather than a vow.
For someone today
When the longing is genuine, every organ knows it. The petition is simple: don't hesitate — fulfill it.
Where this applies
- Companion to the Kānhōbā lament-cluster (2977-2997+) and other Tukyā-bamdhu signed verses
- Family-circle continuation of Tukārām's bhakti