संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3470 of 4582
Abhanga 3470
Tukārām: are-you-sleeping, jagadīśā?
When you have prayed and called out for help many times without receiving a clear response.
When you address something you trust deeply, like a parent, and still feel unanswered.
When you use half joking complaint to express real frustration instead of quiet despair.
The verse
तुम्हांसी हें अवघें ठावें । किती द्यावें स्मरण ॥१॥
कां बा तुम्ही ऐसें नेणें । निष्ठपणें टाळित असां ॥ध्रु.॥
आळवितां मायबापा । नये कृपा अझूनि ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे जगदीशा । काय असां निजेले ॥३॥
Literal translation
You-know-all — how-much-smaraṇa. Why-act-not-knowing — firmly-avoiding. Calling-out-māya-bāpa — no-krpā-yet. Tukā: jagadīśā — are-you-asleep.
What it means
A 3-verse playful-petition. You know everything — why do you act as if you don't? Calling 'mother-father' doesn't bring response — are you asleep? Companion to 3423 (you-can't-hold-dhīra).
For someone today
Tukārām: are-you-sleeping, jagadīśā?
Where this applies
- When you have prayed and called out for help many times without receiving a clear response
- When you address something you trust deeply, like a parent, and still feel unanswered
- When you use half joking complaint to voice real frustration instead of falling into quiet despair
- When you wonder aloud why help has not arrived even though you know it is fully capable of coming