Abhanga 3512
When you are truly present together with what you love, that shared attention is enough, and the past loses its weight.
The verse
तुझे मजपाशीं मन । माझी येथें भूक तान ॥१॥
जिव्हा रतें एके ठायीं । दुजें बोलायाचें काईं ॥ध्रु.॥
माझिया कवतुकें । उभा पहासी भातुकें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे साचें । तेथें मागील कईंचें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Your-mana-with-me — my-bhūka-tāna-here. Jihvā-rejoicing-at-one-place — what-of-the-second. My-kavatuka — you-stand-watching-bhātuka. Tukā: when-sācha — what-of-past.
What it means
A 3-verse mutual-presence text. Your mind is with me; my hunger-thirst is here. The tongue rejoices at one-place; no need to talk about another. You stand watching my charming-play, my toy-meal. When it's true, the past is nothing.
For someone today
Tukaram describes a moment of complete mutual presence: God's mind stays with him, and his own hunger and thirst find their rest right there. His tongue delights fully in that one place, so there is nothing left to say about anything else. He pictures God simply standing and watching his charming, childlike play, like watching a little one at a toy meal. When something is this real and true, he says, there is no need to think about the past at all.
मराठी: तुकाराम एका पूर्ण परस्पर उपस्थितीच्या क्षणाचे वर्णन करतात, देवाचे मन त्यांच्याबरोबर राहते, आणि त्यांची भूक-तहान तिथेच शमते. त्यांची जीभ त्या एका ठिकाणी पूर्णपणे रमते, म्हणून बाकी काहीच बोलण्यासारखे उरत नाही. ते सांगतात की देव फक्त उभा राहून त्यांचा गोड, लहान मुलासारखा खेळ पाहतो, जणू खेळण्यातल्या जेवणात रमलेल्या बालकाला कोणी न्याहाळत असावे. जेव्हा हे इतके खरे आणि सत्य असते, तेव्हा भूतकाळाचा काही उपयोग उरत नाही, असे ते म्हणतात.
Where this applies
- When you feel truly seen and accompanied by someone you trust deeply
- When your inner restlessness finally settles into one genuine relationship instead of many scattered pursuits
- When tender, playful attention replaces anxious striving in your life
- When you finally stop dwelling on the past because the present moment feels real and complete