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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3582 of 4582

Abhanga 3582

The remedy for śrama (fatigue) is not more-effort but a-handing-over of sattā. The self stays kaṭakaṭa — leftover-clutter — but-without-authority and vegaḷā (apart) from the act.

When you are worn out from trying to control everything yourself.
When you realize the cure for your exhaustion is surrender, not more effort.
When you need to stop asserting your own authority and trust someone else to carry the weight.

The verse

श्रमपरिहारा । मूळ हें जालें दातारा ॥१॥ देह निवेदूनि पायीं । जालों रिकामा उतराईं ॥ध्रु.॥ आपली ते सत्ता । येथें असों नेदीं आतां ॥२॥ राहिला निराळा । तुका कटकटे वेगळा ॥३॥

Literal translation

Śramaparihārāfor śrama-removal; mūḷa he jāle dātārāthe root-cause has happened, O dātāra. Deha nivedūnī pāyīmoffering deha at feet; jālōm rikāmā utarāīmI became rikāmā utarāī (empty-debt-paid). Āpalī te sattāmy own sattā; yethe asōm nedīm ātāmdon't let it be here now. Rāhilā nirāḷāstayed apart; Tukā kaṭakaṭe vegaḷāTukā the kaṭakaṭa, apart.

What it means

A 3-verse surrender-of-self-rule. The-root-of-śrama-removal-has-arrived; deha-offered-at-feet, I'm-empty-and-debt-paid; my-own-authority — I-don't-let-it-stay-here; I-remain-apart, Tukā-the-clutter-leftover, apart. Sattā (authority/own-rule) is the load: once it's-gone, only kaṭakaṭa (clutter-Tukā-residue) remains — and-that-too-apart.

For someone today

The remedy for śrama (fatigue) is not more-effort but a-handing-over of sattā. The self stays kaṭakaṭa — leftover-clutter — but-without-authority and vegaḷā (apart) from the act.

Where this applies