Abhanga 3419
Steady, patient pursuit eventually opens up an abundance that pours out for everyone, so reach out and take it without hesitation.
The verse
लागपाठ केला । आतां वांटा नित्य त्याला ॥१॥
करा जोडीचा हव्यास । आलें दुरील घरास ॥ध्रु.॥
फोडिलीं भांडारें । मोहोरलीं एकसरें ॥२॥
अवघियां पुरतें । तुका म्हणे घ्यावें हातें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Sustained-lāga-pāṭha — daily-vāṇṭā for-him. Jōḍī-havyāsa — from-far-came-to-house. Bhāṇḍāras-broken-open — flowed-out-all-at-once. Enough-for-all — Tukā: take-by-hand.
What it means
A 3-verse bhakti-storehouse-open text. I pursued steadily; now the daily share is his task; the storehouses have broken open and flowed out — enough for all, take by hand. Companion to 2629 (santa-udāra-udāra; ananta-bhāṇḍāra) and 2745 (Paṇḍharī-hāṭ).
For someone today
Tukaram describes years of steady, patient pursuit finally paying off: what he longed for has arrived at his door from far away. Once he kept up the effort, the daily upkeep became God's responsibility, not his own worry anymore. When the storehouses finally break open, they don't trickle out carefully, they pour out all at once, more than enough for everyone. He tells us there's no need to hold back or feel unworthy: just reach out and take it with your own hands.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की वर्षानुवर्षे केलेल्या शांत, चिकाटीच्या प्रयत्नांचे फळ शेवटी मिळते, जे हवे होते ते दूरून घरापर्यंत येऊन पोहोचते. एकदा का सतत प्रयत्न केला की रोजची काळजी देवाची जबाबदारी बनते, स्वतःची चिंता उरत नाही. जेव्हा भांडार शेवटी उघडते तेव्हा ते हळूहळू नाही, तर एकदम, सगळ्यांना पुरेल इतके ओसंडून वाहते. तुकाराम म्हणतात, संकोच करण्याची किंवा स्वतःला अपात्र समजण्याची गरज नाही, फक्त हात पुढे करून ते घ्यावे.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's bhāṇḍāras-broken-open canonical
- Companion to 2629 (ananta-bhāṇḍāra) and 2745 (Paṇḍharī-hāṭ)