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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3394 of 4582

Abhanga 3394

You don't need to know the proper rhythm or ritual, sincere love offered without shame is enough.

When you feel self-conscious about not knowing the right way to worship or express devotion.
When you hold back from joyful expression because you're afraid of doing it wrong.
When you need to trust that heartfelt love matters more than perfect technique.

The verse

गातों नाचतों आनंदें । टाळघागरिया छंदें ॥१॥ तुझी तुज पुढें देवा । नेणों भावे कैसी सेवा ॥ध्रु.॥ नेणों ताळ घात मात । भलते सवां पाय हात ॥२॥ लाज नाहीं शंका । प्रेम घाला म्हणे तुका ॥३॥

Literal translation

Sing-dance-ānanda — ṭāḷa-ghāgariyā-rhythm. Your-own-to-you-Deva — don't-know-bhāva-sevā. Don't-know-tāḷa-ghāta-māta — feet-hands-any-way. No-lāja-śankā — prēma-ghālā — Tukā.

What it means

A short 3-verse kīrtana-ecstasy text. I'm offering you-your-own; I don't know rhythm or sevā-rules; just put-prēma into me. Companion to 2946 (canonical baby-talk-shameless).

For someone today

Tukaram describes himself singing and dancing in pure joy to the beat of cymbals and pots, admitting freely that he does not know the proper way to worship or the correct steps of devotion. His feet and hands move any which way, without rhythm or technique, and he feels no shame or hesitation about that. What he asks for is simple, just let love be placed in him. This is a reminder that devotion does not require perfect form, sincere love matters more than getting the ritual right.

मराठी: तुकाराम स्वतःचे वर्णन करतात, टाळ आणि घागरीच्या तालावर आनंदाने गातो-नाचतो, आणि प्रामाणिकपणे कबूल करतात की खरी उपासना कशी करावी, भक्तीची योग्य पद्धत काय, हे त्यांना माहीत नाही. त्यांचे हात-पाय कोणत्याही लयीशिवाय, कोणत्याही तंत्राशिवाय हवे तसे हलतात, आणि त्याबद्दल त्यांना लाज किंवा शंका वाटत नाही. ते फक्त एवढेच मागतात, माझ्यात प्रेम घाला. ही आठवण करून देते की भक्तीसाठी परिपूर्ण पद्धत लागत नाही, विधी बरोबर करण्यापेक्षा मनापासूनचे प्रेम जास्त महत्त्वाचे असते.

Where this applies

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