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Abhanga 3621

Tukaram says he will hold onto what he has truly seen and stay settled in contentment rather than chasing after more. His faith is the treasure he keeps stored up, and it is through that faith that he comes to know the living presence of the world. He plans to pour out all his heartfelt, pleading words to God at once, and then simply waits, asking what more his Father could possibly do for him than to appear before him in a form he can see.

When you feel the pull to chase more instead of resting content with what you already know is true

When you want to pour out everything on your heart to God honestly, all at once

When you have done everything you can and are simply waiting to see what happens

The verse

देखिलें तें धरिन मनें । समाधानें राहेन ॥१॥ भाव माझी सांटवण । जगजीवन कळावया ॥ध्रु.॥ बोळवीन एकसरें । उत्तरें या करुणेच्या ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे नयों रूपा । काय बापा करीसी ॥३॥

Literal translation

What-seen-hold-in-mana — stay-in-samādhāna. Bhāva-my-sāṇṭavaṇa — to-know-jaga-jīvana. Utter-all-at-once these-karuṇā-uttara. Tukā: come-into-rūpa — what-else-bāpā-do.

What it means

A 3-verse text. I'll hold what-I-see in mana; bhāva is my treasure-store to know the jaga-jīvana; I'll utter all these karuṇā-uttara at once; come into form — what else will you do, father?

For someone today

मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की जे त्यांनी खरोखर पाहिले आहे तेच ते मनात धरून समाधानाने राहतील, अधिक काही मिळवण्याच्या मागे न लागता. त्यांची श्रद्धा हाच त्यांचा साठवलेला खजिना आहे, आणि याच श्रद्धेतून त्यांना जगाच्या जिवंत अस्तित्वाची ओळख होते. ते ठरवतात की देवाकडे आपले सगळे कळकळीचे शब्द एकदाच सांगून टाकतील, आणि मग शांतपणे वाट पाहतील, कारण देवाने प्रत्यक्ष रूपात समोर येण्यापेक्षा अजून काय करायला हवे.

Where this applies

Tukārām's bhāva-my-sāṇṭavaṇa canonical-petition

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