Abhanga 3611
How you remember someone you love, undivided and constant, is itself the devotion you offer them.
The verse
मी त्यांसी अनन्य तीं कोणा असती । ऐसें तंव चित्तीं विचारावें ॥१॥
आहे तो विचार आपणयापाशीं । कळा बिंबाऐसी प्रतिबिंबीं ॥ध्रु.॥
शुभ शकून तो शुभ लाभें फळे । पुढील तें कळे अनुभवें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे माझा असेल आठव । तैसा माझा भाव तुझ्या पायीं ॥३॥
Literal translation
To-whom-am-I-ananya — let-it-be-considered. Vichāra-is-your-own — like-bimba-pratibimba. Śubha-śakuna-fruits-in-śubha-lābha — future-by-anubhava. Tukā: my-memory-such-bhāva-at-feet.
What it means
A 3-verse ananya-text. To whom else can I belong-ananya? Consider in your chitti; the decision is yours — like the art of mirror-and-reflection; the auspicious omen fruits in auspicious gain; my remembering of you = my bhāva at your feet.
For someone today
Tukārām raises a quiet, searching question: to whom does he really belong without division, and he asks that this be weighed carefully in the heart, not rushed. He acknowledges that the real decision rests with the one he loves, comparing their bond to a mirror and its reflection, inseparable, one always answering the other. He trusts that a good sign naturally leads to a good outcome, and that the future becomes clear only through lived experience, not guesswork. In the end he offers something simple and honest: however he remembers the divine, that very quality of remembering is exactly the devotion he lays at those feet.
मराठी: तुकाराम इथे एक शांत, शोधक प्रश्न उपस्थित करतात, ते खरोखर कोणाचे, कोणत्याही फुटीशिवाय आहेत, आणि हे मनात नीट, घाईने न करता, विचारात घ्यावं अशी विनंती करतात. खरा निर्णय ज्याच्यावर प्रेम आहे त्याच्याकडे आहे हे ते मान्य करतात, आणि त्या नात्याची तुलना आरसा आणि प्रतिबिंबाशी करतात, एकमेकांपासून वेगळे न होणारे, एक नेहमी दुसऱ्याला प्रतिसाद देणारे. चांगलं शकुन साहजिकच चांगल्या फळात परिणत होतं, आणि भविष्य फक्त प्रत्यक्ष अनुभवातूनच स्पष्ट होतं, अंदाजाने नाही, असा त्यांचा विश्वास आहे. शेवटी ते साधं, प्रामाणिक सांगतात, ते देवाला जसं आठवतात, तेच त्यांचं त्याच्या चरणी असलेलं भक्तिभाव आहे.
Where this applies
- When you find yourself asking who you truly belong to, without dividing your loyalty
- When you realize the real decision about a relationship rests with the other person, not you
- When a good sign in your life reassures you that good outcomes will follow
- When you notice that how you remember someone reveals exactly how much you love them