Abhanga 3647
Real commitment means staying watchful without excuses, insisting on fairness rather than force, and being willing to break with old attachments once the decision is made.
The verse
एका एक वर्में लावूनियां अंगीं । ठेवितों प्रसंगीं सांभाळीन ॥१॥
नेघावा जीं तुम्ही वाव बहु फार । धरूनि अंतर ठायाठाव ॥ध्रु.॥
वेव्हारें आलें तें समानें चि होतें । बळ नाहीं येथें चालों येत ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे आतां निवाडा च साटीं । संवसारें तुटी करुनि ठेलों ॥३॥
Literal translation
Ekā eka varme lāvūnīyām angīm — each varma attached one-by-one to body; ṭhevitōm prasangīm sāmbhāḷīna — in prasanga, I'll keep sāmbhāḷa. Neghāvā jīm tumhī vāva bahu phāra — don't take much vāva; dharūnī antara ṭhāyā-ṭhāva — holding antara-place. Vevahāre āle te samāne chi hōte — the vevahāra was already equal; baḷa nāhīm yethe chālōm yeta — no baḷa passes here. Tukā mhaṇe ātām nivāḍā cha sāṭīm — Tukā says: now for nivāḍā; samvasāre tuṭī karuni ṭhelōm — I've stayed breaking-with samvasāra.
What it means
A 3-verse bhakti-determination text by Tukārām.
The claim: Each-varma-(secret)-attached-to-your-body — I'll-keep-sāmbhāḷa in-each-prasanga. Don't-take-much-vāva (excuse), Deva — holding-your-innermost-place. The-vevahāra-was-already-equal; baḷa doesn't-pass-here. For-the-nivāḍa, I've-broken-with-samsāra.
For someone today
Tukārām declares his resolve: he knows every vital point of his own weakness, and he will stay watchful over each one whenever the occasion demands it. He asks God not to accept excuses or stay distant, but to hold fast to that innermost place between them. Whatever dealings passed between them were already fair and equal, so no forcing is needed here. Now, having made his decision, he has stood firm by breaking with the pull of worldly attachment.
मराठी: तुकाराम आपला निर्धार व्यक्त करतात — त्यांना स्वतःच्या कच्च्या जागा, दुर्बल स्थाने पूर्ण माहीत आहेत, आणि प्रत्येक प्रसंगी ते त्यांवर जागरूक राहतील. देवाला ते विनवतात की सबबी घेऊ नयेत किंवा दूर राहू नये, तर त्या दोघांमधील आंतरिक नाते घट्ट धरून ठेवावे. जो काही व्यवहार झाला तो आधीच समान व न्याय्य होता, त्यामुळे इथे जबरदस्तीची गरज नाही. आता निर्णय घेऊन झाल्यावर, संसाराच्या ओढीशी नाते तोडून ते ठाम उभे राहिले आहेत.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's secrets-each-attached; I'll-keep-sāmbhāḷa; broken-samsāra claim