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Abhanga 3431

Tukaram calls out to God like a helpless orphan asking to be come for, someone with no one else to depend on. His whole being aches with longing, watching the path for any sign of arrival. His heart has become so completely colored by devotion that it simply cannot settle or rest without that presence. In the end, he hands over his deepest worry entirely, asking the compassionate one to carry it for him instead of carrying it alone.

When you feel utterly alone and long for someone to come and stand by you.

When your heart is so attached to someone that nothing else can settle it.

When you're finally ready to hand over a heavy worry instead of carrying it alone.

The verse

मज अनाथाकारणें । करीं येणें केशवा ॥१॥ जीव झुरे तुजसाटीं । वाट पोटीं पहातसें ॥ध्रु.॥ चित्त रंगलें चरणीं । तुजवांचूनि न राहे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कृपावंत । माझी चिंता असावी ॥३॥

Literal translation

For-anātha-come, Keśava. Jīva-pines, pōṭa-watches-path. Chitta-colored-at-feet — doesn't-stay-without-you. Tukā: krpā-vanta — let-my-chintā-be-yours.

What it means

A 3-verse anātha-petition. Come for the orphan; my chitta is dyed in your feet; let my chintā be yours.

For someone today

मराठी: तुकाराम देवाला हाक मारतात एका असहाय अनाथासारखे, ज्याला दुसरे कोणीच आधार नाही, ज्याने यावे अशी विनंती करतात. त्यांचे संपूर्ण अस्तित्व ओढीने व्याकूळ आहे, येण्याच्या कोणत्याही खुणेसाठी वाट पाहत आहे. त्यांचे मन इतके पूर्णपणे भक्तीरंगात रंगले आहे की त्या उपस्थितीशिवाय ते स्थिरच होऊ शकत नाही. शेवटी ते आपली सर्वात खोल चिंता पूर्णपणे सोपवून देतात, आणि त्या कृपाळू देवाला विनंती करतात की ती चिंता एकट्याने वाहण्याऐवजी तूच वाहून घे.

Where this applies

When you feel utterly alone and long for someone to come and stand by you
When you keep watching and waiting for a sign that help or love is on its way
When your heart is so attached to someone that nothing else can settle it
When you're finally ready to hand over a heavy worry instead of carrying it alone

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