Abhanga 3425
Come with open, eager hands and make your request directly and honestly, seeking a felt experience rather than a distant idea.
The verse
जोडिले अंजुळ । असें दानउतावळि ॥१॥
पाहा वाहा कृपादृष्टी । आणा अनुभवा गोष्टी ॥ध्रु.॥
तूं धनी मी सेवक । आइक्य तें एका एक ॥२॥
करितों विनंती । तुका सन्मुख पुढती ॥३॥
Literal translation
Joined-añjuḷa, dāna-utāvaḷi. Krpā-drṣṭi-look, bring-gōṣṭī-into-anubhava. You-dhanī, I-sevaka — aikya-one-with-other. Making-vinantī — Tukā-sanmukha-puḍhatī.
What it means
A 3-verse hand-cupped petition. I'm holding cupped hands for your gift; look with krpā; you-master, I-servant; we are one-with-the-other.
For someone today
Tukaram stands with cupped hands, eager and impatient, like someone waiting for a gift they truly need. He isn't asking for a theory or an idea, he wants the matter to become real, something actually felt and experienced, not just talked about. He describes the relationship plainly, you are the master, I am the servant, yet somehow within that difference there is real closeness, almost oneness. And he doesn't hide or wait at a distance, he brings his request directly, standing face to face.
मराठी: तुकाराम ओंजळ जोडून उभे आहेत, उत्सुक आणि अधीर, जणू खरोखर हवी असलेली भेट वाट पाहत आहेत. त्यांना केवळ सिद्धांत किंवा कल्पना नको आहे, त्यांना ही गोष्ट खरोखर अनुभवायची आहे, फक्त बोलण्यापुरती नाही. ते नाते सरळपणे मांडतात, तू धनी, मी सेवक, तरीही या भेदातही खरी जवळीक आहे, जवळजवळ एकरूपता आहे. आणि ते लपून किंवा दूर राहून वाट पाहत नाहीत, ते आपली विनंती थेट, समोरासमोर उभे राहून मांडतात.
Where this applies
- When you're eagerly waiting for something you need, hands open and ready to receive
- When you want a real, felt experience instead of just an idea or explanation
- When you accept an unequal relationship, like servant and master, yet still feel real closeness in it
- When you choose to make a direct, honest request instead of hanging back at a distance