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Abhanga 3769

Once you commit fearlessly to the simple practice of remembering God together through kirtana, no elaborate ritual is needed, and no obstacle can truly block someone backed by such great power.

When you finally commit wholeheartedly to a path after long hesitation

When you feel weighed down by complicated methods and want to return to something simple and direct

When you draw confidence from trusting a greater support rather than relying only on yourself

The verse

बरवें माझ्या केलें मनें । पंथें येणें निघालें ॥१॥ अभयें च जावें ठाया । देवराया प्रतापें ॥ध्रु.॥ साधनाचा न लगे पांग । अवघें सांग कीर्तन ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सत्ता थोरी । कोण करी खोळंबा ॥३॥

Literal translation

Barave mājhyā kele mane — my mind did well; pamthe yene nighāle — it set out on this path. Abhayem cha jāve ṭhāyā — with fearlessness, go to the place; Deva-rāyā pratāpe — by Deva-rāyā's might. Sādhanāchā na lage pānga — no humble-begging of sādhana is needed; avaghe sānga kīrtana — kīrtana is the whole message. Tukā mhaṇe sattā thōrī — Tukā says: when the authority is great; kōṇa karī khōḷambā — who creates the blockage?

What it means

A 3-verse kīrtana-supremacy text. Mind set-out-on-path; go-with-abhaya by-Deva-rāyā's-pratāpa; no-need-for-pānga-of-sādhana — kīrtana is the whole; when-Deva's-sattā-is-great, who-can-block?

For someone today

Tukaram is pleased with his own mind for finally setting out on this path with real conviction. He says you can walk toward the goal fearlessly, carried by God's own strength and might, without needing to. There is no need for elaborate rituals or dependent begging through complicated practices, because kirtana, simply singing God's name together, already contains the whole matter. He ends with a confident question: when such great power is on your side, who could possibly stand in your way?

मराठी: तुकाराम आपल्याच मनाबद्दल समाधान व्यक्त करतात, कारण ते शेवटी खऱ्या निश्चयाने या वाटेवर निघाले आहे. देवाच्याच पराक्रमाच्या बळावर निर्भयपणे इच्छित ठिकाणी जाता येते असे ते म्हणतात, त्यासाठी गुंतागुंतीच्या साधनांची, अवलंबून राहून याचना करण्याची गरज नाही. कीर्तन, म्हणजे देवाचे नाम एकत्र गाणे, हेच संपूर्ण साधन आहे असे ते सांगतात. शेवटी ते आत्मविश्वासाने विचारतात: एवढी मोठी सत्ता पाठीशी असताना कोण अडथळा आणू शकेल?

Where this applies

Tukārām's no-need-for-sādhana — kīrtana-is-whole canonical (variant of 2919 kīrtana-supremacy)
Companion to avaghe sānga kīrtana texts

Bhakti mana-set-out-on-path