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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3556 of 4582

Abhanga 3556

Deep longing for a meeting with the divine can feel like real hunger, wearing out the mind and eyes while you wait without knowing when it will be answered.

When you're waiting for something you desperately want and don't know when it will arrive
When longing for someone turns into an ache that won't let your mind rest
When you keep watching the door or the road, hoping for a sign that what you're waiting for is near

The verse

कधीं कृपा करिसी नेणें । मज दीनाचें धांवणें ॥१॥ भेटी लागीं पंढरीनाथा । जीवीं लागली तळमळ व्यथा ॥ध्रु.॥ सिणलें माझें मन । वाट पाहतां लोचन ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे लागली भूक । तुझें पहावया श्रीमुख ॥३॥

Literal translation

Kadhīm krpā karisī neṇewhen (you) do krpā, I don't know; maja dīnāñce dhāvaṇethe rushing of (this) dīna. Bhēṭī lāgīm Paṇḍharī-nāthāfor bhēṭī, Paṇḍharī-nātha; jīvīm lāgalī taḷamaḷa vyathātaḷamaḷa-vyathā has caught in jīva. Siṇale mājhe manamy mana is tired; vāṭa pāhatām lōchanaeyes watch the path. Tukā mhaṇe lāgalī bhūkhaTukā says: hunger has caught; tujhe pahāvayā Śrī-mukhafor seeing your Śrī-mukha.

What it means

A 3-verse yearning-petition. When-will-krpā-come? jīva-taḷamaḷa; mind-tired; eyes-watch-path; hunger-for-darśana of-Śrī-mukha.

For someone today

Tukārām's classic taḷamaḷa-for-darśana yearning.

Where this applies

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