संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3410 of 4582
Abhanga 3410
With-kindled-kōlita they'll-do-ghāta.
Tukārām's enemies-with-kindled-kōlita; caught-in-khōḷē-madhīm; refuge canonical petition-against-enemies
The verse
लावूनि कोलित । माझा करितील घात ॥१॥
ऐसे बहुतांचे संधी । सांपडला खोळेमधीं ॥ध्रु.॥
पाहातील उणें । तेथें देती अनुमोदनें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे रिघे । पुढें नाहीं जालें धींगे ॥३॥
Literal translation
With-kindled-kōlita they'll-do-ghāta. Many's-sandhī, I-caught-in-khōḷē-madhī. They-look-for-uṇē, give-anumōdana. Tukā: I-take-refuge, no-dhīngē-ahead.
What it means
A 3-verse petition against enemies. They wait with-kindled-torch; they're looking for my fault and approving each-other's bad-intent; I take refuge in you.
For someone today
Tukārām: when-enemies-look-for-fault — take-refuge.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's enemies-with-kindled-torch canonical
- caught-in-khōḷē-madhīm idiom