Abhanga 3713
Tukārām describes a love that never runs out of measure, one that has simply settled into the mind and stays there. He compares it to the daily, ever-fresh tenderness between a mother and her child, a concern that never grows old or routine no matter how many times it is felt. When joy meets joy this way, something truly lovely is held close, like a child held near the belly. Tukārām says this same overflowing bliss is what fills the company of saints as they gather at the feet of the divine.
The verse
आवडीची न पुरे धणी । प्रीत मनीं बैसली ॥१॥
नित्य नवा कळवळा । मायबाळामध्यें तों ॥ध्रु.॥
सुख सुखा भेटों आलें । होय वाल्हें पोटींचे ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे ब्रम्हानंदें । संतवृंदें चरणापें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Āvaḍī-not-reach-full — prīti-settled-mana. Daily-fresh-kaḷavaḷā — māya-bāḷa-between. Sukha-met-sukha — vālhē-in-pōṭa. Tukā: brahma-ānanda — santa-vrnda-at-charaṇa.
What it means
A 3-verse santa-vrnda text. The love-measure doesn't fill; love has settled in mana; daily-fresh warm-concern between mother and baby; sukha came to meet sukha — the loved-one in the womb; by brahma-ānanda, the santa-vrnda is at the feet.
For someone today
Tukārām describes a love that never runs out of measure, one that has simply settled into the mind and stays there. He compares it to the daily, ever-fresh tenderness between a mother and her child, a concern that never grows old or routine no matter how many times it is felt. When joy meets joy this way, something truly lovely is held close, like a child held near the belly. Tukārām says this same overflowing bliss is what fills the company of saints as they gather at the feet of the divine.
मराठी: तुकाराम अशा प्रेमाचे वर्णन करतात जे कधीच पुरेसे भरत नाही, जे फक्त मनात स्थिरावते आणि तिथेच राहते. ते त्याची तुलना आई आणि मुलामधील रोजच्या, नित्य ताज्या मायेशी करतात, अशी काळजी जी कितीही वेळा अनुभवली तरी कधीच शिळी होत नाही. जेव्हा आनंद आनंदाला अशा प्रकारे भेटतो, तेव्हा काहीतरी खरोखर सुंदर जवळ धरले जाते, जसे मूल पोटाशी धरले जाते. तुकाराम म्हणतात की हाच उचंबळून येणारा आनंद संतांच्या समुदायाला भरून टाकतो जेव्हा ते परमेश्वराच्या चरणांशी एकत्र येतात.
Where this applies
- When a mother's love for her child feels fresh and new every single day, never wearing thin
- When you experience a joy that feels complete in itself, met by an answering joy from someone else
- When you gather with a community of people who share the same devotion and feel a collective bliss together
- When you notice that real love does not run out no matter how much of it you give or receive