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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3399 of 4582

Abhanga 3399

Real integrity means having no hidden second intention, chasing no empty mirage, and depending on no one else's support but your own inner truth.

When you notice a gap between what you say outwardly and what you actually mean.
When you're chasing something appealing that never actually satisfies the need behind it.
When you keep relying on others' support instead of standing on your own inner truth.

The verse

तरि च होय वेडी । नग्न होय धडफुडी ॥१॥ काय बोलाचें गौरव । आंत वरी दोन भाव ॥ध्रु.॥ मृगजळा न्याहाळितां । तान न वजाये सेवितां ॥२॥ न पाहे आणिकांची आस । शूर बोलिजे तयास ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे हें लक्षण । संत अळंकार लेणें ॥४॥

Literal translation

Only-then truly-mad — naked-bare. What-bolāchē-gaurava — two-bhāva-inside-and-out. Mirage-gazing-doesn't-quench-thirst-by-drinking. Doesn't-look-for-others'-āsa — that's-śūra. Tukā: this-is-the-lakṣaṇa — sant-aḷankāra-lēṇē.

What it means

A 5-verse sant-lakṣaṇa text. Truly mad becomes-fully-naked; words with double-bhāva are worthless; mirage-water doesn't quench thirst; the one who depends on no other is the brave one; these are the sant's ornaments and garments.

For someone today

Tukaram describes what real spiritual madness for God looks like, it means becoming completely open and unguarded, without hiding behind a mask. Words alone mean nothing if there are two different intentions behind them, one shown outwardly and another kept hidden inside. Just as staring at a mirage never actually quenches thirst, empty words or false appearances never satisfy a real need. The truly brave person is the one who stops depending on others for support and stands on their own inner truth, and Tukaram says that this honesty is the real mark, the true ornament, of a saint.

मराठी: तुकाराम खरी आध्यात्मिक वेडेपणाची स्थिती काय असते हे सांगतात, ती म्हणजे पूर्णपणे उघड आणि निर्भय होणे, मुखवटा न लावता. फक्त शब्दांना काही अर्थ नसतो जर त्यामागे दोन वेगळे हेतू असतील, एक बाहेर दाखवलेला आणि एक आतमध्ये लपवलेला. जसे मृगजळाकडे पाहत राहिल्याने तहान भागत नाही, तसेच पोकळ शब्द किंवा खोटा देखावा खरी गरज कधीच भागवत नाही. खरा शूर तोच असतो जो इतरांच्या आधारावर अवलंबून राहणे सोडून देतो आणि स्वतःच्या आंतरिक सत्यावर उभा राहतो, आणि तुकाराम म्हणतात की हीच प्रामाणिकता संताचे खरे लक्षण, खरा अलंकार आहे.

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