Abhanga 3596
Living on timid hope alone is a habit worth releasing, real experience of steady support is what finally lets that anxious hoping die away.
The verse
तुम्ही तों सदैव । आधरपणें माझी हांव ॥१॥
जळो आशेचें तें जिणें । टोंकतसावें दीनपणें ॥ध्रु.॥
येथूनि सोडवा । आतां अनुभवेंसी देवा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे जालें । एक मग हें निमालें ॥३॥
Literal translation
You-sadaiva — ādharapaṇē-my-hāmva. Burn-āśā's-jīṇa — peeking-as-dīna. Release-from-here — now-with-anubhava-Deva. Tukā: one-(became) — this-(has)-died.
What it means
A 3-verse release-text. You are always-blessed; my longing for your support; burn the desire-mode of peeking-as-a-beggar; release me with anubhava; when one becomes, the other dies.
For someone today
Tukārām names something painful here: living on hope alone, always peeking hesitantly at another person like a beggar, is a way of life worth letting die. What he actually longs for is your steady support, since you are always there for him. He asks to be freed from this dependent, hoping-for-scraps state and given real experience instead. Once that direct experience arrives, he says, the old hopeful, needy way of living simply dies away on its own.
मराठी: तुकाराम इथे एक वेदनादायक गोष्ट सांगतात, फक्त आशेवर जगणं, कोणासमोर भिकाऱ्यासारखं भीत भीत डोकावत राहणं, हे जगणं जळून जावं असं ते म्हणतात. त्यांना खरं हवं आहे ते म्हणजे तुझा स्थिर आधार, कारण तू नेहमीच त्यांच्याबरोबर आहेस. ते विनवतात की या परावलंबी, याचनेच्या अवस्थेतून सोडव आणि त्याऐवजी खरा अनुभव दे. एकदा तो थेट अनुभव आला की, ती जुनी आशाळू, गरजू जगण्याची पद्धत आपोआप संपून जाते असं ते सांगतात.
Where this applies
- When you realize you've been living on hope alone instead of asking directly for what you need
- When you catch yourself peeking anxiously at someone, afraid to fully ask for their support
- When you long to move from mere hoping to real, lived experience of what you seek
- When gaining genuine understanding finally lets go of an old anxious, needy habit