Abhanga 3726
Surrender like a humble beast of burden to those you trust, stay on the path without hiding, and let go of worry once you have placed yourself in capable hands.
The verse
पाठीवरी भार । जातो वाहूनियां खर ॥१॥
संत नेतील त्या ठाया । माझी आधीन त्यां काया ॥ध्रु.॥
मोटचौफळ । अंतीं उच्छिष्टाचें बळ ॥२॥
न संडीं मारग । येथें न चोरूनि अंग ॥३॥
आपुलिया सत्ता । चालविती नाहीं चिंता ॥४॥
कळवळिला तुका । घराचार येथें नका ॥५॥
Literal translation
Donkey-carries-load-on-back. Santas-take-me-my-kāyā-under-their-authority. Mōṭa-chaufaḷa — at-end-uchchhiṣṭa-baḷa. Don't-leave-mārga-don't-hide-anga. By-their-sattā-conducted-no-chintā. Tukā-moved — no-gharāchāra-here.
What it means
A 5-verse opening of the 2-abhang donkey-as-bhakta cluster (continues in 3727). The donkey carries the load on its back; the santas will take me — my body is in their authority. The bundle-square; at the end, strength is from leftovers (uchchhiṣṭa). Don't leave the road, don't hide; by their authority, no worry. Tukā moved-(with-pity); don't do household-conduct here.
For someone today
Tukaram compares himself to a donkey carrying a heavy load on its back, willingly placing his whole body under the authority of the sants, letting them lead him wherever they go. Like that donkey, he is content to survive on whatever leftovers come his way, without demanding more. He tells himself not to leave the path and not to hide or hold anything back, because once you let someone trustworthy take charge, there is no need to worry. Moved by this realization, he says that ordinary household concerns and pretensions have no place here.
मराठी: तुकाराम स्वतःची तुलना पाठीवर जड ओझे वाहणाऱ्या गाढवाशी करतात, स्वतःचे शरीर संतांच्या अधिकाराखाली सोपवून, ते जिथे नेतील तिथे जाण्याची तयारी दाखवतात. त्या गाढवासारखेच ते जे उरलेसुरले मिळेल त्यावर समाधानी राहतात, अधिकाची अपेक्षा न करता. ते स्वतःला सांगतात की मार्ग सोडू नये आणि काहीही लपवू नये, कारण एकदा विश्वासू कोणाला जबाबदारी दिली की काळजी करण्याची गरज उरत नाही. या जाणिवेने गलबलून जाऊन ते म्हणतात की इथे संसाराचे रीतिरिवाज आणि दिखावा यांना जागा नाही.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's donkey-carries-bhāra opening of 2-abhang cluster (with 3727)