Abhanga 3489
Calling out with sincere love opens a boundless generosity that never runs out and never turns you away.
The verse
सुराणीचीं जालों लाडिकीं एकलीं । वडील धाकुलीं आम्ही देवा ॥१॥
म्हणऊनि कांहीं न घडे अव्हेर । गोमटें उत्तर भातुकें ही ॥ध्रु.॥
कांहीं एक नाहीं वंचिलें वेगळें । मुळीचिया मुळें स्थिराविलें ॥२॥
लेवविलीं अंगीं आपुलीं भूषणें । अळंकार लेणें सकळ ही ॥३॥
सारितां न सरे आमुप भांडार । धना अंतपार नाहीं लेखा ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे आम्ही आळवूं आवडी । म्हणऊनी जोडी दाखविली ॥५॥
Literal translation
We-laḍikīm-of-surāṇī — elder-younger Deva. No-avhēra — gōmaṭa-uttara and-bhātuka. Nothing-vañchilē — mūla-root-sthirāvilē. Ornaments-on-anga — every-aḷankāra-lēṇa. Amupa-bhāṇḍāra — doesn't-end-when-used. Tukā: we-call-with-āvaḍī — jōḍī-shown.
What it means
A 5-verse darling-child text. We're the surāṇī's beloved (darlings, elder-and-younger); no rejection happens — sweet-replies and toy-meal; nothing kept-separate; ornaments and clothes given; the storehouse doesn't run out; we call out of love and the treasure is shown. Companion to 3461 (last-morsel-make-sweet-mother).
For someone today
Tukaram describes himself and other devotees as beloved children of a close family, some older, some younger, but all equally dear. Because of that, he says, nothing is ever refused to them, only warm responses and playful gifts come their way. Nothing has ever really been kept apart or withheld at the deepest root of things, it has all settled as belonging to them. They are dressed in ornaments and fine garments, given every adornment freely. And no matter how much is drawn from this treasury, it never runs dry, there is no limit or accounting to it. He closes simply, saying we call out of love, and that is exactly why this treasure keeps revealing itself to us.
मराठी: तुकाराम स्वतःला आणि इतर भक्तांना एका जवळच्या घराण्यातील लाडक्या मुलांसारखे वर्णन करतात, कोणी थोरले तर कोणी धाकटे, पण सर्व सारखेच प्रिय. त्यामुळे त्यांना कधीच नकार मिळत नाही, फक्त गोड उत्तरे आणि खेळकर भातुके मिळतात, असे ते सांगतात. मुळाच्या मुळातच काहीही वेगळे ठेवलेले किंवा नाकारलेले नाही, सगळे स्थिरावले आहे, ते आपलेच आहे. त्यांच्या अंगावर सर्व अलंकार आणि लेणी मोकळेपणाने घातलेली आहेत. आणि हा अमूप भांडार कितीही वापरला तरी संपत नाही, त्याला अंतपार नाही, हिशोब नाही. शेवटी ते साधेपणाने सांगतात, आम्ही प्रेमाने हाक मारतो, म्हणूनच हा खजिना आम्हाला दाखवला जातो.
Where this applies
- When you feel unconditionally welcomed, like family, rather than judged or measured
- When you worry there is not enough love or provision to go around and need reminding there is
- When you realize that calling out sincerely, from love, is what opens generosity toward you
- When you feel cared for the way a family cares for its youngest and oldest members alike