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Abhanga 3683

Accept what your own past has brought you as it comes, without resistance, trusting the compassion that eases your burden and teaches you what is truly good.

When you feel your load being eased by circumstances or people acting out of real compassion

When you accept the results of your own past choices instead of fighting or denying them

When you let go of suspicion toward others and trust the situation as it unfolds

The verse

मज कांहीं सीण न व्हावा यासाटीं । कृपा तुम्हां पोटीं उपजलीं ॥१॥ होतें तैसें केलें आपलें उचित । शिकविलें हित बहु बरें ॥ध्रु.॥ आम्ही न मनावी कोणाची आशंका । तुम्हां भय लोकां आहे मनीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आतां संचिताचा ठेवा । वोडवला घ्यावा जैसा तैसा ॥३॥

Literal translation

No-fatigue-for-me — krpā-in-your-pōṭa. What-was-becoming-you-did-proper — taught-me-hita-very-well. No-anyone's-āśankā — people-fear-you. Tukā: samchita-rolled-out — take-as-is.

What it means

A 3-verse krpā-acknowledgment text. Krpā arose in your pōṭa for my sake; you did your duty; taught me hita very well; we don't need to worry — people fear you. Take the samchita-treasure that's been rolled out, as it is.

For someone today

Tukaram says that so he wouldn't grow weary or worn out, compassion rose up naturally within God for his sake. Whatever needed to happen, God did properly and taught him what was truly good for him. He adds that we shouldn't carry suspicion or doubt about others in our minds, since even people already hold a healthy fear and respect for God. He ends by saying that now the treasure of what has accumulated from his own past deeds has simply been laid out before him, and he should take it exactly as it comes, without resistance.

मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की माझा शीण होऊ नये म्हणून देवाच्या मनात आपोआप कृपा उपजली. जे व्हायचे होते ते देवाने योग्य रीतीने केले आणि खरोखर हिताची गोष्ट शिकवली. ते पुढे सांगतात की आपण कोणाबद्दलही मनात शंका बाळगू नये, कारण लोकांच्याही मनात देवाबद्दल आधीच आदरयुक्त भय आहे. शेवटी ते म्हणतात की आता आपल्या संचिताचा ठेवा समोर मांडला गेला आहे, आणि तो जसा येईल तसा स्वीकारावा, प्रतिकार न करता.

Where this applies

When you feel supported by circumstances that ease your burden without you having to ask
When someone teaches you something genuinely good for you rather than what's easy
When you catch yourself holding suspicion toward people instead of trusting the situation
When life hands you the consequences of your own past choices and you must accept them as they come

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