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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3423 of 4582

Abhanga 3423

Tukaram is amazed to realize that God himself seems unable to bear waiting either, rushing to help the moment his devotee cries out in distress. He feels his own breath breaking with urgency, calling out again and again for help. Without that presence, every direction in his life feels empty and desolate, like there's nowhere to turn. So he asks, half playful and half desperate, why won't Pandurang just listen and come.

When you are in real distress and keep calling out for someone to notice and come.
When everything feels empty because someone you love or trust is absent.
When you plead, half in humor and half in desperation, for a response that hasn't come.

The verse

हें तों वाटलें आश्चर्य । तुम्हां न धरवे धीर ॥१॥ माझा फुटतसे प्राण । धांवा धांवा म्हणऊन ॥ध्रु.॥ काय नेणों दिशा । जाल्या तुम्हांविण ओशा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कां गा । नाइकिजे पांडुरंगा ॥३॥

Literal translation

Seems-āścharya — you-can't-hold-dhīra. My-prāṇa-breaks — run-run-saying. Don't-know-diśās — became-ōśa-without-you. Tukā: why — don't-you-listen, Pāṇḍurangā.

What it means

A 3-verse playful petition. It's a wonder that you (Lord) can't hold patience either — you also say run-run; the directions are desolate without you; why don't you listen?

For someone today

Tukaram is amazed to realize that God himself seems unable to bear waiting either, rushing to help the moment his devotee cries out in distress. He feels his own breath breaking with urgency, calling out again and again for help. Without that presence, every direction in his life feels empty and desolate, like there's nowhere to turn. So he asks, half playful and half desperate, why won't Pandurang just listen and come.

मराठी: तुकाराम आश्चर्यचकित होतात हे लक्षात येऊन की देवसुद्धा वाट पाहू शकत नाही, भक्त संकटात हाक मारताच तो धावून येतो. स्वतःचा श्वास तुटल्यासारखा वाटतो, ते वारंवार मदतीसाठी हाक मारतात. त्या उपस्थितीशिवाय आयुष्यातील प्रत्येक दिशा रिकामी आणि ओसाड वाटते, जणू कुठेच वळायला जागा नाही. म्हणून ते अर्धे खेळकर आणि अर्धे व्याकूळ होऊन विचारतात, पांडुरंगाने ऐकून का घेत नाही आणि यावेच.

Where this applies

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