Abhanga 3444
Tukārām's surrender rests on the truth that Deva alone is the giver of food. Now the anxiety must be made cool. See what Deva will do — placing bhāva at (his) feet. He alone is anna-dātā (the giver of food); no other has authority. Of the dāsa, (he will) not neglect — this is the confidence. The verse offers the classic bhakti surrender: the Lord alone feeds; the devotee is never neglected.
The verse
आतां तळमळ । केली पाहिजे सीतळ ॥१॥
करील तें पाहें देव । पायीं ठेवुनियां भाव ॥ध्रु.॥
तो चि अन्नदाता । नाहीं आणिकांची सत्ता ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे दासा । नुपेक्षील हा भरवसा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Ātām taḷamaḷa — now the taḷamaḷa; kelī pāhije sītaḷa — must be made sītaḷa. Karīla te pāhe Deva — see what Deva will do; pāyīm ṭhevuniyām bhāva — placing bhāva at (his) feet. Tō chi anna-dātā — he alone is anna-dātā; nāhī āṇikāmñcī sattā — no other's sattā. Tukā mhaṇe dāsā — Tukā says: of the dāsa; nupekṣīla hā bharavasā — (he will) not neglect — this is bharavasā.
What it means
A short 3-verse surrender-and-confidence text by Tukārām.
The argument: Cool-the-taḷamaḷa-now; see-what-Deva-will-do; place-bhāva-at-feet. He-alone-is-anna-dātā; no-other-has-sattā. He-won't-neglect-the-dāsa — this-is-the-bharavasā.
The anna-dātā (giver-of-food) emphasis is canonical-Vārkarī: Deva-is-the-sole-source-of-livelihood. Compare-3046 (ayāchita-vrtti is-sāra; deva-bhāra).
For someone today
Tukārām's surrender rests on the truth that Deva alone is the giver of food. Now the anxiety must be made cool. See what Deva will do — placing bhāva at (his) feet. He alone is anna-dātā (the giver of food); no other has authority. Of the dāsa, (he will) not neglect — this is the confidence. The verse offers the classic bhakti surrender: the Lord alone feeds; the devotee is never neglected.
मराठी: तुकारामांचा हा अभंग देवावर संपूर्ण भरवसा ठेवण्याची शिकवण देतो. मनातील तळमळ शांत करावी आणि देव काय करतो हे पाहावे, त्याच्या पायी भाव अर्पण करावा. देवच खरा अन्नदाता आहे, आपल्या उपजीविकेवर इतर कोणाची सत्ता चालत नाही. तुकाराम म्हणतात, देव आपल्या दासाची कधीच उपेक्षा करणार नाही — हाच खरा भरवसा आहे.
Where this applies
- When your mind is restless with worry about how you'll manage or provide for yourself
- When you're tempted to think your security depends on some other person's power or favor
- When you need to calm down and simply trust rather than keep tossing with anxiety
- When you're looking for confidence that you won't be abandoned if you truly depend on God