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Abhanga 3755

Even after long restless searching, real peace can be reached, and ordinary shared comfort, like a meal together, matters even while some worries remain unsettled.

When you have wandered or searched for a long time without finding what you were looking for

When you finally feel a settled peace and want to simply acknowledge it aloud

When you choose to enjoy an ordinary shared moment, like a meal, without waiting for every worry to be resolved first

The verse

बहु फिरलों ठायाठाव । कोठें भाव पुरे चि ना ॥१॥ समाधान तों पावलों । उरलों बोलों यावरि ॥ध्रु.॥ घे गा देवा आशीर्वाद । आमुच्या नांद भाग्यानें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे जेवूं आधी । खवखव मधीं सारावी ॥३॥

Literal translation

Bahu phiralōm ṭhāyāṭhāva — kōṭhe bhāva pure chi nā — much roamed place-to-place — nowhere bhāva completed. Samādhāna tōm pāvalōm — uralōm bōlōm yāvari — reached samādhāna — only remaining to speak. Ghe gā Devā āśīrvāda — āmuchyā nāmda bhāgyāne — take, Deva, the āśīrvāda — we prosper by bhāgya. Tukā mhaṇe jevūm ādhī — khavakhava madhīm sārāvī — Tukā says: let us eat first — khavakhava settle in middle.

What it means

A short 3-verse settled-petition: I-roamed; samādhāna-reached; let's-share-meal, settle-talk in-middle.

For someone today

Tukaram says he wandered from place to place for a long time, and nowhere did his heart's longing find full completion. Yet now he has arrived at real peace, and all that is left is simply to speak of it. He offers God a blessing in return, saying their household prospers by good fortune. Then, in a wonderfully homely turn, he says: let's eat first, and settle the anxious talk in between, the way a family sits down to share a meal even while worries are still unresolved.

मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की खूप ठिकाणी फिरूनही मनाची ओढ कुठेच पूर्णपणे भरून आली नाही. पण आता खरी शांती लाभली आहे आणि उरले आहे ते फक्त तेवढे बोलणे. देवाला आशीर्वाद द्यायला सांगून ते म्हणतात, आपले घर भाग्याने नांदते. आणि मग एका सुंदर घरगुती वळणाने ते म्हणतात, आधी जेवू या, चिंतेच्या गप्पा मध्येच मिटवून घेऊ, जसे कुटुंब काळज्या पूर्ण न सुटल्या तरी एकत्र जेवायला बसते.

Where this applies

When you have searched many places or tried many things without ever feeling fully satisfied
When you finally reach a moment of real peace after a long restless search
When you want to share ordinary comfort, like a meal together, even while worries are still unresolved
When you realize that gratitude and daily life can coexist with unfinished anxieties

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