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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3749 of 4582

Abhanga 3749

Ask that the eagerness your mind already gives to chasing gain be redirected toward remembering God, whose presence sustains life the way moisture sustains it.

When you catch yourself forgetting your deeper priorities in the rush of daily life
When you notice how much energy you give to chasing profit compared to what you give to reflection or prayer
When you feel spiritually dry and need to ask, honestly, for renewal

The verse

वारंवार हा चि न पडावा विसर । वसावें अंतर तुमच्या गुणीं ॥१॥ इच्छेचा ये दाता तूं एक समर्था । अगा कृपावंता मायबापा ॥ध्रु.॥ लाभाचिये वोढी उताविळे मन । त्यापरि चिंतन चरणाचें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे जीवी जीवन ओलावा । पांडुरंगे दावा शीघ्र आतां ॥३॥

Literal translation

Vāramvāra hā chi na paḍāvā visara — don't let this visara fall again-and-again; vasāve antara tumacyā guṇīm — let (you) dwell in antara by guṇa. Ichchheñcā ye dātā tūm eka samarthā — you alone are the dātā of ichchhā, samartha; agā krpāvamtā māyabāpā — O krpāvanta, māyabāpa. Lābhāñciye vōḍhī utāviḷe mana — mana utāviḷa for lābha's pull; tyāpari chintana charaṇāñce — similar (eagerness for) chintana of charaṇa. Tukā mhaṇe jīvī jīvana ōlāvā — Tukā says: in jīvī, you are the jīvana-ōlāvā; Pāṇḍurange dāvā śīghra ātām — Pāṇḍurange, show (yourself) quickly now.

What it means

A 3-verse petition: don't-let-forgetting-recur; let-mind-be-as-eager-for-chintana-as-for-gain; show-yourself-quickly.

For someone today

Tukaram prays that he will stop forgetting God again and again, and asks that God's qualities settle permanently in his heart instead. He calls God the one true giver of every real desire, the capable and merciful parent of all. He notices how eagerly the mind chases after profit and gain, and wishes he could bring that same eagerness to simply thinking of God's feet. He ends by calling God the moisture that keeps life alive, and begs Panduranga to reveal himself soon.

मराठी: तुकाराम प्रार्थना करतात की वारंवार होणारा विसर थांबावा आणि देवाचे गुण कायमचे मनात वसावेत. ते देवाला प्रत्येक खऱ्या इच्छेचा एकमेव दाता, समर्थ आणि कृपाळू मायबाप मानतात. नफ्याच्या ओढीने मन जितके अधीर होते, तितकीच अधीरता देवाच्या चरणांचे चिंतन करण्यासाठी असावी असे त्यांना वाटते. शेवटी ते देवाला जीवनाचा ओलावा म्हणतात आणि पांडुरंगाने लवकर दर्शन द्यावे अशी विनवणी करतात.

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