Abhanga 3686
Someone who genuinely asks is never truly abandoned, so a delay in getting what you hope for is not a sign of neglect but of a timing you can trust.
The verse
मागत्याची कोठें घडते निरास । लेंकरा उदास नाहीं होतें ॥१॥
कासया मी होऊं उतावीळ जीवीं । जाणता गोसावी सर्व आहे ॥ध्रु.॥
जाला तरी वेळ कवतुकासाटीं । निर्दया तों पोटीं उपजेना ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे त्यासी ठाउकें उचित । होईंल संकेत नेमियेला ॥३॥
Literal translation
Where-does-nirāsa-happen-for-asker — mother-doesn't-udāsa-for-lēnkara. Why-utāvīḷa — Gōsāvī-knows-all. If-delay — for-kavatuka — nir-dayā-doesn't-arise-in-pōṭa. Tukā: uchita-known — sankēta-will-happen.
What it means
A 3-verse patience-text. The asker never meets despair; the mother doesn't grow indifferent to her child. Why be impatient? — the Master knows all. If there's a delay, it's the charming-sport; mercilessness doesn't arise in his belly. He knows what's right; the appointed sign will happen.
For someone today
Tukaram reassures himself here, saying the one who asks never truly ends up in despair, just as a mother never grows indifferent to her own child. He asks why he should be so impatient in his heart, when the Master already knows everything that is needed. If there is a delay, he says, it is simply part of a loving, playful unfolding, since real mercilessness could never arise in God's heart. He trusts that what is right and proper is already known to God, and the appointed moment will arrive exactly when it should.
मराठी: तुकाराम इथे स्वतःला दिलासा देतात, सांगतात की मागणाऱ्याची कधीच निराशा होत नाही, जसे आई आपल्या मुलाबद्दल कधीच उदासीन होत नाही. ते विचारतात, मी मनात इतका अधीर का व्हावे, जेव्हा गोसावींना सर्व काही आधीच ठाऊक आहे. जर विलंब होत असेल, तर तो केवळ प्रेमळ, खेळकर उलगडण्याचा भाग आहे, कारण खरी निर्दयता देवाच्या पोटी कधीच उपजू शकत नाही. योग्य ते काय हे देवाला आधीच ठाऊक आहे यावर त्यांचा विश्वास आहे, आणि ठरलेली वेळ बरोबर तेव्हाच येईल जेव्हा यायला हवी.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's asker-no-nirāsa; nir-dayā-doesn't-arise canonical-patience