Abhanga 3534
Accept things exactly as they are as proof enough, speak honestly, and hold firm to your commitment without turning back.
The verse
जैसा तैसा आतां । मज प्रमाण अनंता ॥१॥
पायां पडणें न संडीं । पोटीं तें च वर तोंडीं ॥ध्रु.॥
एका भावें चाड । आहे तैसें अंतीं गोड ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे आम्हां । टळणें चि नाहीं नेमा ॥३॥
Literal translation
As-you-are-pramāṇa-Ananta. Don't-abandon-falling-at-feet — pōṭa-on-tongue. With-one-bhāva-chāḍa — now-gōḍa-at-end. Tukā: for-us — no-ṭaḷaṇa-from-nēma.
What it means
A 3-verse firm-resolve text. Whatever you are now is my standard; I keep falling at your feet; what's in the belly comes out on the tongue; what's now will be sweet at the end; no turning back.
For someone today
Tukaram declares that whatever form God takes right now, exactly as he encounters it, is proof enough for him, without demanding anything more from the infinite. He refuses to stop falling at God's feet, and he speaks openly, saying whatever is in his heart comes straight out on his tongue without hiding. He trusts that this single-minded devotion, plain as it seems now, will turn out sweet in the end. He closes with unwavering resolve: for people like him, there is no turning back from the vow once made.
मराठी: तू आता जसा आहेस तसाच माझ्यासाठी पुरेसा पुरावा आहेस, अनंता, असे तुकाराम सांगतात. तुझ्या पायावर लोटांगण घालणे मी कधीच सोडत नाही, आणि पोटात जे असते तेच माझ्या तोंडावर येते असे ते सांगतात. एका निष्ठेने ही ओढ आता जशी आहे तशीच शेवटी गोड ठरेल, असा विश्वास ते व्यक्त करतात. शेवटी तुकाराम ठामपणे सांगतात, आमच्यासाठी या नेमापासून मागे हटणे कधीच नाही.
Where this applies
- When you decide to accept someone or something exactly as it is, without demanding more proof
- When you speak openly, letting what's truly in your heart show instead of hiding it
- When present devotion feels plain or difficult but you trust it will feel worthwhile later
- When you commit to a vow or practice and refuse to abandon it partway through