Abhanga 3387
Once a promise has been made and settled with proof behind it, there is no need for more struggle, you simply hold firmly to what is rightfully yours.
The verse
कासया लागला यासी चौघाचार । मुळींचा वेव्हार निवडिला ॥१॥
ग्वाही बहुतांची घालूनियां वरि । महजर करीं आहे माझ्या ॥ध्रु.॥
तुम्हां वेगळा लागें आपल्या च ठायीं । होतें करुनि तें ही माझें माझें ॥२॥
भांडण सेवटीं जालें एकवट । आतां कटकट करूं नये ॥३॥
ठेविला ठेवा तो आला माझ्या हाता । आतां नाहीं सत्ता तुज देवा ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे वांयांविण खटपटा । राहिलों मी वांटा घेऊनियां ॥५॥
Literal translation
Kāsayā lāgalā yāsī chaughāchāra — muḷīmchā veuhāra nivaḍilā — why this bickering — the transaction was decided at the root. Gvāhī bahutāmchī ghālūniyām vari — mahajara karīm āhe mājhyā — with many witnesses above — the deed is in my hand. Tumhām vegaḷā lāge āpalyā cha ṭhāyīm — hote karuni te hī mājhe mājhe — even separate from you in my own place — what was done is mine-mine. Bhāmḍaṇa sevaṭīm jāle ekavaṭa — ātām kaṭakaṭa karūm naye — the quarrel ended becoming one — don't make katakata now. Ṭhevilā ṭhevā to ālā mājhyā hātā — ātām nāhīm sattā tuja devā — the deposit has come to my hand — now no sattā of yours, Deva. Tukā mhaṇe vāmyāvīṇa khaṭapaṭā — rāhilōm mī vāmṭā gheūniyām — Tukā says: enough vain khaṭapaṭā — I stay having taken my share.
What it means
A 5-verse text in the courtroom/transaction register — the language of 17th-c. Maharashtra deeds: vyavahāra, mahajara (legal-document), gvāhī (witnesses), ṭhevā (deposit), vāmṭā (share). The bhakta has the deed, the witnesses, and the deposit-in-hand. The Lord can no longer exercise sattā over the relationship. Final claim: I stay having taken my share — the bhakta has won the case.
For someone today
The legal-language of bhakti: I claim my share, with witnesses and deed in hand. The transaction is closed. Stop bargaining.
Where this applies
- Canonical legal-style-bhakti; mahajara-in-my-hand; claimed-my-share canonical
- Companion to 3384 (argumentative-bhakti)