संत साहित्य
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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3770 of 4582

Abhanga 3770

Once you honestly settle every account in your life, only trust in one true refuge remains, and everything else turns out to be worthless without it.

When you are listing out every relationship and plan you are relying on and asking which ones actually hold up.
When you notice you trust someone's name or promise less than you thought you did.
When you want to stop hedging your bets and commit fully to the one support that has proven reliable.

The verse

मागें पुढें नाहीं । दुजें यावेगळें कांहीं ॥१॥ नाहीं उरलें आणीक । केला झाडा सकळिक ॥ध्रु.॥ विश्वासावांचून । नांवें दुजियाचे शून्य ॥२॥ देवाविण कांहीं । तुका म्हणे उरी नाहीं ॥३॥

Literal translation

Māgem puḍhem nāhīmno back-or-front; duje yāvegaḷem kāmhīmnothing other than this. Nāhīm urale āṇīkanothing else remains; kelā jhāḍā sakaḷikathe full accounting has been done. Viśvāsāvāmchūnawithout trust; nāmve dujiyāche śūnyathe names of others are zero. Devāviṇa kāmhīmexcept Deva, anything; Tukā mhaṇe urī nāhīmTukā says, is not left over.

What it means

A 3-verse sole-refuge declaration. No-back-no-front; nothing-other-remains; the-jhāḍā-full-reckoning-cleared; without-viśvāsa other-names-are-śūnya; except-Deva nothing-is-left.

For someone today

Tukaram says he has settled every account: there is nothing behind him and nothing ahead, no other option left to weigh. He has done a complete reckoning of his life and found that only trust matters — without trust, every other name or refuge is worth nothing. When you truly clear away the distractions and half-hearted backups you have been leaning on, you find that only one true support remains. That is not loss; it is the relief of finally knowing where you stand.

मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की त्यांनी सर्व हिशोब चुकता केला आहे: मागे काही नाही आणि पुढेही काही नाही, दुसरा कोणताही पर्याय शिल्लक नाही. त्यांनी आयुष्याचा पूर्ण हिशोब केला आणि लक्षात आले की फक्त विश्वासच खरा आहे — विश्वासाशिवाय इतर कोणत्याही नावाला किंमत नाही. जेव्हा तुम्ही खरोखर मनातले गोंधळ आणि अर्धवट आधार बाजूला सारता, तेव्हा एकच खरा आधार उरतो. हे नुकसान नाही, तर आपण नेमके कुठे उभे आहोत हे कळल्याचा दिलासा आहे.

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