Abhanga 3476
When an inner devotion deepens enough, worldly pleasures lose their old sweetness and a quieter, steadier taste settles the mind instead.
The verse
आतां नव्हे गोड कांहीं करितां संसार । आणीक संचार जाला माजी ॥१॥
ब्रम्हरसें गेलें भरूनियां अंग । आधील तो रंग पालटला ॥ध्रु.॥
रसनेचिये रुची कंठीं नारायण । बैसोनियां मन निवविलें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे आतां बैसलों ठाकणीं । इच्छेची ते धणी पुरईंल ॥३॥
Literal translation
Now-samsāra-doings-feel-gōḍa-less — different-samchāra-within. Brahma-rasa-filled-anga — earlier-color-changed. Rasanā-taste — Nārāyaṇa-at-kaṇṭha — cooled-mana. Tukā: I-took-my-ṭhākaṇī — ichchhā-dhaṇī-will-fulfill.
What it means
A 3-verse transformation-confirmation text. Worldly things no longer feel sweet; a different current has flowed within; the brahma-rasa has filled the body; the earlier color has changed; Nārāyaṇa is at the throat as the tongue's taste; the mind has cooled; the desire-lord will fulfill (what remains).
For someone today
Tukaram notices that worldly life has simply stopped tasting sweet to him, no matter what he tries, because something different has begun flowing inside him instead. He describes it as the essence of Brahman filling his whole body, changing the very color of who he used to be. The Name of Narayana has become the actual taste on his tongue, settling and cooling his mind. Tuka says he has now found his resting place, trusting that whatever desire remains will be fulfilled by God himself. It captures the moment an inner change becomes so complete that old pleasures simply lose their pull, replaced by something quieter and steadier.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की संसारातील गोष्टी आता कितीही प्रयत्न केला तरी गोड वाटत नाहीत, कारण आतमध्ये एक वेगळाच संचार सुरू झाला आहे. ब्रह्मरस त्यांच्या संपूर्ण अंगात भरून राहिला आहे आणि आधीचा रंग, म्हणजे आधीचा स्वभाव, पालटला आहे, असे ते वर्णन करतात. नारायणाचे नाम आता त्यांच्या जिभेवरची खरी चव बनले आहे, ज्याने मन शांत आणि थंड झाले आहे. तुका म्हणतात की आता ते आपल्या विसाव्याच्या ठिकाणी बसले आहेत, आणि उरलेली इच्छा देवच पूर्ण करेल असा विश्वास त्यांना आहे. यातून तो क्षण टिपला जातो जेव्हा आतला बदल इतका पूर्ण होतो की जुनी सुखे आपली ओढ गमावतात आणि त्यांच्या जागी काहीतरी शांत आणि स्थिर उरते.
Where this applies
- When things that used to feel exciting or satisfying suddenly feel empty
- When a spiritual or personal practice has settled so deeply that it changes your everyday taste for things
- When you notice your temperament or outlook has genuinely shifted over time
- When you finally feel calm enough to stop chasing things and trust that what you need will come