Abhanga 3536
Tukārām observes that the body simply carries out what destiny has already set in motion, yet the mind keeps stirring up needless anxiety over it. He calls out to Nārāyaṇa to wake his mind up, admitting that by missing this essential truth he suffered through sheer delusion. The real trouble, he concludes, was never a disease of the body — it was his own mind's agitation.
The verse
देह प्रारब्धा शिरीं । असोन करी उद्वेग ॥१॥
धांव घालीं नारायणा । माझ्या मना जागवीं ॥ध्रु.॥
ऐसी चुकोनियां वर्में । पीडा भ्रमें पावलों ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे कैंचा भोग । नव्हे रोग अंगींचा॥३॥
Literal translation
Deha-on-prārabdha's-head — yet-udvēga. Run-Nārāyaṇa — wake-up-mana. Missing-varmas — pīḍa-in-bhrama. Tukā: what-bhōga — not-anga's-rōga.
What it means
A 3-verse missed-the-secret text. The body is on prārabdha's head; yet we agitate; come run, Nārāyaṇa, wake-up my mind; I missed the secrets and bore suffering in delusion; this isn't a body-disease.
For someone today
Tukārām observes that the body simply carries out what destiny has already set in motion, yet the mind keeps stirring up needless anxiety over it. He calls out to Nārāyaṇa to wake his mind up, admitting that by missing this essential truth he suffered through sheer delusion. The real trouble, he concludes, was never a disease of the body — it was his own mind's agitation.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की देह प्रारब्धाप्रमाणे आपले काम करत असतो, तरीही मन उगाच अस्वस्थ होते. ते नारायणाला धावत येऊन आपले मन जागे करण्याची विनंती करतात, कारण हे मर्म चुकल्यामुळे आपण भ्रमात पडून व्यर्थ पीडा सोसली. तुकाराम म्हणतात, हा त्रास शरीराचा रोग नव्हता — तो केवळ मनाच्या अस्वस्थतेचा परिणाम होता.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's deha-on-prārabdha's-head; this-not-anga's-rōga canonical