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Abhanga 3509
Tukārām's your-gāṇṭhōḷī-not-spent-in-service; have-you-become-nirguṇa canonical complaint-petition
The verse
काय तुमचिया सेवे न वेचते गांठोळी । मोहें टाळाटाळी करीतसां ॥१॥
चतुराच्या राया आहो पांडुरंगा । ऐसें तरी सांगा निवडूनि ॥ध्रु.॥
कोण तुम्हां सुख असे या कौतुकें । भोगितां अनेकें दुःखें आम्हा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे काय जालासी निर्गुण । आम्हां येथें कोण सोडवील ॥३॥
Literal translation
Doesn't-gāṇṭhōḷī-get-spent-in-service — through-mōha-ṭāḷā-ṭāḷī. Chatura-king-Pāṇḍurangā — tell-clearly. What-sukha-in-kautuka — we-bear-many-duḥkhas. Tukā: have-you-become-nirguṇa — who-here-releases-us.
What it means
A 3-verse complaint. Your storehouse doesn't get spent serving us — yet you delay; what's your enjoyment in this game while we suffer; have you turned formless — who else can release us?
For someone today
Tukārām: if-you-turn-formless, who-else-can-release-us?
Where this applies
- Tukārām's gāṇṭhōḷī-not-spent; have-you-become-nirguṇa canonical complaint