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Abhanga 3398

At the end, ask simply to rest at God's feet, letting go of the sense of separateness and trusting that one heartfelt longing will be enough.

When you feel worn down and just want a true place to finally rest.

When you worry you're too small or destitute for anyone to notice your need.

When you're letting go of the sense of separateness between yourself and what you love.

The verse

आतां हें सेवटीं असों पायांवरी । वदती वैखरी वागपुष्प ॥१॥ नुपेक्षावें आम्हां दीना पांडुरंगा । कृपादानीं जगामाजी तुम्हीं ॥ध्रु.॥ वोळवुनी देह सांडियेली शुद्ध । सारियेला भेद जीव शिव ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मन तुमचे चरणीं । एवढी आयणी पुरवावी ॥३॥

Literal translation

Let-us-be-at-feet-at-end — vaikharī-utters-vāg-puṣpa. Don't-neglect-dīna-Pāṇḍurangā — you-krpā-dānī-of-jagat. Folded-deha, abandoned-shuddha — set-aside-jīva-shiva-bhēda. Tukā: mana-at-your-feet — fulfill-this-much-āyaṇī.

What it means

A 3-verse end-petition. I've crumpled the body, set aside the jīva-shiva distinction; let me rest at your feet.

For someone today

Tukaram speaks as if at the very end of things, asking simply to rest at God's feet, offering up his words like flowers. He pleads with Pandurang not to overlook someone destitute like himself, reminding him that he is the giver of grace to the whole world. He describes folding away the body and letting go of the very distinction between the individual soul and the divine, so that nothing separate remains standing between them. His final request is small but complete, his mind is already at those feet, and he asks only that this one urgent longing be fulfilled.

मराठी: तुकाराम जणू शेवटच्या क्षणी बोलत आहेत, फक्त देवाच्या पायाशी विसावा मागत आहेत, आपले शब्द फुलांसारखे अर्पण करत आहेत. ते पांडुरंगाला विनवतात, माझ्यासारख्या दीनाकडे दुर्लक्ष करू नकोस, आणि आठवण करून देतात की तूच या साऱ्या जगाला कृपा देणारा आहेस. ते सांगतात, शरीर बाजूला ठेवले आहे आणि जीव आणि शिव यांच्यातील भेदही मिटवून टाकला आहे, जेणेकरून त्यांच्यामध्ये वेगळे असे काहीच उरत नाही. त्यांची शेवटची मागणी लहान पण संपूर्ण आहे, माझे मन आधीच त्या पायाशी आहे, फक्त एवढी एक तातडीची इच्छा पूर्ण कर.

Where this applies

When you feel at the end of your strength and just want somewhere true to rest
When you worry that you're too insignificant for anyone powerful to notice or care about
When you're trying to let go of the sense of separateness between yourself and what you love most
When your one deep, urgent need feels too small to voice but too important to ignore