Abhanga 3421
Treat moments of connection with the divine as an unearned gift, and seek humble closeness rather than clever argument as the real secret to understanding.
The verse
स्वामीचें हें देणें । येथें पावलों दर्षणें ॥१॥
करूं आवडीनें वाद । तुमच्या सुखाचा संवाद ॥ध्रु.॥
कळावया वर्म । हा तों पायांचा चि धर्म ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे सिद्धी । हे चि पाववावी बुद्धी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Master's-giving — here-darśana-pāvalōm. Vāda-with-love — your-sukha-samvāda. Understanding-varma — pāyāñchā-dharma. Tukā: siddhi — let-buddhi-attain-this.
What it means
A 3-verse soft-debate text. This darśana is the Master's gift; let me debate with you in love; understanding the secret-point is the feet's-dharma.
For someone today
Tukaram treats this moment of vision, this darshan, as a gift freely given by the Master, not something he earned through argument. He wants to talk with God the way you talk with someone you love, a warm back-and-forth rather than a formal debate, focused on shared joy. The real secret he's chasing isn't cleverness, it's the simple posture of staying at the feet, in humility and closeness. In the end he prays that his own understanding, his intellect, would finally catch up to what his heart already senses.
मराठी: तुकाराम या दर्शनाच्या क्षणाला, या दृष्टीच्या भेटीला, स्वामींनी दिलेली भेट मानतात, वाद-विवादाने मिळवलेली गोष्ट नाही. त्यांना देवाशी बोलायचे आहे ते जसे आपण प्रिय व्यक्तीशी बोलतो तसे, औपचारिक चर्चेऐवजी प्रेमळ संवाद, आणि तोही परस्पर आनंदावर केंद्रित. जी खरी गुपिते ते शोधत आहेत ती चातुर्य नाही, तर चरणांशी नम्रपणे आणि जवळिकीने राहण्याची साधी वृत्ती आहे. शेवटी ते प्रार्थना करतात की त्यांची बुद्धी, त्यांचे आकलन, अखेर त्यांच्या हृदयाला आधीच जाणवलेल्या गोष्टीपर्यंत पोहोचावे.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's Master's-giving; debate-in-love canonical