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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

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