संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3715 of 4582
Abhanga 3715
Authority-over-Kāḷa — such-they-talk.
Tukārām's I-even-lower-than-low; Deva-pushed-death-face-far; went-to-grow-māna canonical-petition
The verse
काळावरी सत्ता । ऐशा करितो वारता ॥१॥
तो मी हीणाहूनि सांडें । देवे दुर्हे काळतोंडें ॥ध्रु.॥
मानूनी भर्वसा । होतों दासा मी ऐसा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे मान । गेलों वाढवूं थोरपण ॥३॥
Literal translation
Authority-over-Kāḷa — such-they-talk. I-even-lower-than-low — Deva-pushed-death-face-far. Trusting-bharvasā — stayed-such-dāsa. Tukā: went-to-grow-māna-thorpaṇa.
What it means
A 3-verse text. (Some) talk of authority over Death — that's the kind of talk. I am lower than the lowly; Deva pushed Death's face away. Holding assurance, I've stayed as such a dāsa. Tukā: I went to grow honor and greatness.
For someone today
Tukārām: Deva-pushed-Death's-face-far-away.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's authority-over-Kāḷa-talk; Deva-pushed-death-face-far canonical