Abhanga 3477
When longing grows intense, ask directly for the small remaining distance to close quickly, since only real meeting brings true peace.
The verse
आतां काशासाटीं दुरी । अंतर उरी राखिली ॥१॥
करीं लवकरी मुळ । लहानें तीळ मुळीचिया ॥ध्रु.॥
दोहीं ठायीं उदेगवाणें । दरुषणें निश्चिंती ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे वेग व्हावा । ऐसी जीवा उत्कंठा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Why-distance-now — no-antara-urī. Do-quickly-at-mūḷa — small-as-tīḷa. Both-places-udvega — by-darśana-niśchintī. Tukā: vēga-vhāvā — jīva-utkaṇṭhā.
What it means
A 3-verse meeting-petition. Why this distance now? Cut to the root; both of us are anxious; darśana brings niśchintī; let speed be — the jīva's yearning is such.
For someone today
Tukaram pleads for the distance between himself and God to end now, asking why even a small leftover gap should be allowed to remain. He wants the matter settled quickly, cut off at the very root, however tiny, like a single sesame seed. He notices that both sides feel restless in this separation, and that only actually meeting face to face will bring real peace. He ends by asking for speed, because his soul's longing has grown that intense. It speaks to the urgency of longing, when waiting any longer feels unbearable and only direct contact will settle the restlessness.
मराठी: तुकाराम विनवणी करतात की देवाशी असलेले अंतर आता संपावे, आणि थोडासाही उरलेला दुरावा का ठेवावा असे विचारतात. ही गोष्ट मुळापासूनच लवकर तोडून टाकावी, अगदी तिळाएवढी लहान असली तरी, अशी त्यांची इच्छा आहे. दोन्ही बाजूंना ही ताटातूट अस्वस्थ करते आहे, आणि प्रत्यक्ष दर्शनानेच खरी निश्चिंती मिळेल, हे ते जाणतात. शेवटी ते वेगाने हे घडावे अशी विनंती करतात, कारण त्यांच्या जिवाची उत्कंठा तितकी तीव्र आहे. यातून तळमळीची निकड दिसते, जेव्हा आणखी वाट पाहणे असह्य वाटते आणि केवळ प्रत्यक्ष भेटच अस्वस्थता शमवू शकते.
Where this applies
- When you are waiting for a reunion or resolution and the waiting itself feels unbearable
- When a small unresolved gap between you and someone you love keeps nagging at you
- When only actually meeting someone, not just hearing about them, will bring you peace
- When your longing has grown so intense that you want things to move quickly, not gradually