Abhanga 3494
Devotion opens a spring of joy that cannot be fully explained, and it eventually carries you to the place that is truly yours, lit by a light that never runs out.
The verse
आनंदाचा थारा । सुखें मोहरला झरा ॥१॥
ऐसी प्रभुची ज्या कळा । त्याच्या कोण पाहे बळा ॥ध्रु.॥
अंकिता ऐसया । होइल पावविलें ठाया ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे ऐसें । दिलें आभंड प्रकासे ॥३॥
Literal translation
Ānanda-thāra — sukhē-mōharalā-jharā. Such-Prabhu's-kaḷā — who-sees-his-baḷa. To-such-ankitas — proper-ṭhāya-attained. Tukā: thus — ābhaṇḍa-prakāśa-given.
What it means
A 3-verse ānanda-spring text. The spring of ānanda blossoms in sukha; such is the Lord's art — who can grasp his strength?; to such ankitas, the proper-place is made-to-be-attained; he gives unending light.
For someone today
Tukaram describes joy taking hold like a spring that suddenly blossoms and flows freely. He says this is simply the Lord's art, something so vast that no one can fully grasp its strength or explain how it works. Those who stay devoted are led, in time, to the place that is rightfully theirs. He closes by saying the Lord gives a light that never runs out.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की आनंद अचानक एखाद्या झऱ्यासारखा फुलून वाहू लागतो. ते म्हणतात की हा केवळ प्रभूचा चमत्कार आहे, इतका अफाट की त्याचे बळ कोणालाही पूर्णपणे कळत नाही किंवा समजावता येत नाही. जे भक्तिभावाने टिकून राहतात त्यांना अखेर त्यांच्या हक्काच्या जागी पोहोचवले जाते. शेवटी ते म्हणतात की प्रभू असा प्रकाश देतो जो कधीच संपत नाही.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's ānanda-thāra; ābhaṇḍa-prakāśa canonical