Abhanga 3575
When a relationship is close enough, you can ask boldly and lovingly for what you need, and keep that closeness as a private matter rather than a public display.
The verse
घालूनियां कास । बळें आलों मागायास ॥१॥
प्रेमें देई पाठवूनि । पांडुरंगा सेवाॠणी ॥ध्रु.॥
होई रे शाहाणा । कळों नेदावें या जना ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे पायीं । जडलों मग उरलें काईं ॥३॥
Literal translation
Ghālūnīyām kāsa — putting on the kāsa; baḷe ālōm māgāyāsa — I have come by force to beg. Preme deī pāṭhavūnī — send with prema; pāmḍurangā sevāṛṇī — Pāṇḍuranga, sevā-ṛṇī. Hōī re śāhāṇā — be clever; kaḷōm nedāve yā janā — don't let this be known to people. Tukā mhaṇe pāyīm — Tukā says: at the feet; jaḍalōm maga urale kāīm — I'm attached, then what remains.
What it means
A 3-verse intimate-begging petition. I-have-girded-and-come-forcefully-to-beg; send-it-with-prema, O-Pāṇḍuranga-debtor-of-my-service; but-be-clever-don't-let-the-jana-know; once-attached-at-your-feet, what-remains-to-be-said? The triple-tone: forcefulness, intimacy (Lord-as-sevā-ṛṇī), and discretion (private-affair).
For someone today
Tukaram describes coming to God almost with his sleeves rolled up, forceful and unashamed, ready to beg for what he needs. He asks that it be given with love, half-joking that Pandurang now owes him something for all his devotion and service. Then he adds a wink, keep this between us, don't let the whole world know how intimate and demanding this asking really is. Once you are truly attached at someone's feet, that closeness itself is enough, there is nothing left to argue or negotiate over. When a relationship is real enough, you can be bold in what you ask for and still keep the tenderness of it just between the two of you.
मराठी: तुकाराम महाराज सांगतात की ते देवाकडे जवळजवळ बळजबरीने, कोणताही संकोच न बाळगता, हवं ते मागायला आले आहेत. ते विनंती करतात की हे प्रेमाने द्यावं, आणि थोडं गमतीने म्हणतात की इतक्या सेवेनंतर पांडुरंग आता माझा ऋणी झाला आहे. मग ते हळूच म्हणतात, ही गोष्ट फक्त आपल्यातच राहू दे, जगाला कळू देऊ नकोस की हे मागणं किती जवळचं आणि आग्रही आहे. एकदा का तुम्ही खरोखर कोणाच्या चरणी जडलात, की तीच जवळीक पुरेशी असते, त्यापुढे काही वाद घालण्यासारखं उरत नाही. काही मागणी अगदी शांतपणे आणि खासगीत होते, दिखाव्यासाठी नाही. नातं खरं असेल तर तुम्ही धीटपणे मागू शकता आणि तरीही त्यातली आपुलकी फक्त तुमच्या दोघांमध्येच जपू शकता.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's forceful-begging; private-petition intimate-prayer
- Companion to 3576 (yearning-for-meeting)