Abhanga 3622
When life feels like it is going to waste, speak your complaint honestly and hand the burden over instead of carrying it alone.
The verse
वांयां जाय ऐसा । आतां उगवावा फांसा ॥१॥
माझें परिसावें गार्हाणें । सुखदुःखाचीं वचनें ॥ध्रु.॥
हा चि आम्हां ठाव। पायीं निरोपाया भाव ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे जार । तुझा तुज देवा भार॥३॥
Literal translation
Going-vāyām — let-fāmsā-unrolled. Listen-gārhāṇē — sukha-duḥkha-vachana. This-our-ṭhāva — at-feet-send-bhāva. Tukā: jāra — your-load-yours-Deva.
What it means
A 3-verse complaint. (My life) goes in-vain; loosen the noose; listen to my complaint of sukha-duḥkha; this is our place — at the feet to send the bhāva; go on then — your load is your own, Deva.
For someone today
Tukaram feels his life slipping away in vain, like a noose tightening around him, and he asks that it finally be loosened. He wants God to simply listen to his complaint, the plain words about his joys and sorrows, without needing him to dress it up. He says the only place he really has is at God's feet, where he can hand over his heart's feelings honestly. And in the end he tells God plainly: this burden is yours now, not mine to carry alone anymore.
मराठी: तुकारामांना आपले आयुष्य व्यर्थ जात असल्यासारखे वाटते, जणू गळ्याभोवती फास आवळत आहे, आणि ते विनवतात की हा फास आता सैल व्हावा. त्यांना फक्त इतकेच हवे आहे की देवाने त्यांची तक्रार ऐकावी, सुखदुःखाचे साधे शब्द, कोणतीही सजावट न करता. ते म्हणतात की देवाच्या पायाशीच त्यांची खरी जागा आहे, जिथे ते आपल्या मनातील भाव प्रामाणिकपणे मांडू शकतात. आणि शेवटी ते स्पष्टपणे देवाला सांगतात, हा भार आता तुझा आहे, माझ्या एकट्याचा नाही.
Where this applies
- When life feels like it is slipping away without meaning and you need some relief
- When you just want someone to actually listen to your plain complaints, joys and sorrows both
- When you feel your only real refuge is surrendering your feelings honestly at someone's feet
- When you are ready to hand a heavy burden over and stop trying to carry it alone