Abhanga 3487
Ego is the real trap set in our way; ask directly for honesty instead of being strung along by endless appearing and hiding.
The verse
करिसी लाघवें । तूं हें खेळसी आघवें ॥१॥
केला अहंकार आड । आम्हां जगासी हा नाड ॥ध्रु.॥
यथंभुतें यावें । दावूं लपों ही जाणावें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे हो श्रीपती । आतां चाळवाल किती ॥३॥
Literal translation
You-do-lāghava — play-all-this. Set-ahankāra-in-way — nāḍa-for-us-and-jagat. Come-yathambhutē — let-us-know-showing-and-hiding. Tukā: hō-Śrīpati — how-much-will-you-string-along.
What it means
A 3-verse playful-accusation. You play with sleight; you put ahankāra in our way as a trap; come as you really are; how much longer will you string me along?
For someone today
Tukaram accuses God, half in frustration and half in play, of running an elaborate trick on everyone, setting up ego as a trap that snares both him and the whole world. He asks God to drop the act and come exactly as he truly is, instead of endlessly appearing and disappearing. He wants clarity about this constant showing and hiding, tired of being kept guessing. He ends by asking, quite directly, just how much longer he will be strung along like this.
मराठी: तुकाराम अर्धा रागाने आणि अर्धा खेळकरपणे देवाला आरोप करतात की तो सर्वांशी एक मोठा खेळ खेळतो आहे, अहंकाराला आमच्या आणि सर्व जगाच्या वाटेत एक सापळा म्हणून पेरतो आहे. देवाने हा खेळ सोडून जसा आहे तसाच यावे, सतत दिसणे आणि लपणे बंद करावे, अशी विनंती ते करतात. या सतत दाखवण्या-लपवण्याबद्दल स्पष्टता हवी आहे, कारण अंदाज बांधत राहून ते थकले आहेत. शेवटी ते थेट विचारतात, आता आणखी किती काळ मला असे चाळवत ठेवणार आहेस.
Where this applies
- When you feel like ego, yours or someone else's, has become the real obstacle in your way
- When you are tired of mixed signals and want someone to simply be straightforward with you
- When you suspect you are being strung along and want clarity instead of more games
- When frustration with a long wait turns into a direct, half-humorous demand for honesty