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Abhanga 3773

Dream-like glimpses and vague feelings are not enough; Tukaram asks for a real, direct meeting that clears the heart and finally removes the curtain hiding the truth.

When you realize you have been settling for hints of connection instead of asking for the real thing.

When you want an honest conversation that clears away confusion instead of more delay.

When you long to see clearly what has only ever been hidden behind a curtain of doubt.

The verse

स्वप्नींचें हें धन हातीं ना पदरीं । प्रत्यक्ष कां हरि होऊं नये ॥१॥ आजुनि कां करा चाळवाचाळवी । सावकाशें द्यावी सत्य भेटी ॥ध्रु.॥ बोलोनियां फेडा जीवींची काजळी । पाहेन कोमळीं चरणांबुजें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माझ्या जीवींचिया जीवा । सारूनियां ठेवा पडदा आतां ॥३॥

Literal translation

Svapnīmche hem dhana hātīm nā padarīm — this dream-wealth, not in hand nor in fold; pratyakṣa kām Hari hōūm naye — why do you not become directly-visible, Hari?. Ājuni kām karā chāḷavāchāḷavī — even now, why this toying?; sāvakāśem dyāvī satya bheṭī — give a true-meeting at leisure. Bōlōniyām pheḍā jīvīmchī kājaḷī — by speaking, wipe away the soot of jīva; pāhena kōmaḷīm charaṇāmbuje — I shall see the tender foot-lotus. Tukā mhaṇe mājhyā jīvīmchiyā jīvā — Tukā says: jīva of my jīva; sārūniyām ṭhevā paḍadā ātām — push aside the curtain now.

What it means

A 3-verse direct-vision petition. Dream-wealth is not real possession; become-pratyakṣa (visible-in-reality), Hari; end-the-toying-and-delays; give-real-meeting at-leisure; speak-and-wipe-the-soot-from-my-jīva; let-me-see-the-tender-foot-lotus; jīva-of-my-jīva — push-aside-the-curtain-now.

For someone today

Tukaram says wealth that only exists in a dream is no wealth at all, since it is never really in your hand. He is done with hints, fleeting glimpses, and vague feelings, and asks Hari to stop toying with him and become directly, actually visible. He wants a real conversation that clears the soot from his heart and a real sight of Vitthal's tender feet, not just a sense of presence. He calls out to the innermost life of his own life and asks that the curtain between them finally be pulled aside.

मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की जे धन फक्त स्वप्नात असते ते खरे धन नसते, कारण ते कधीच हातात नसते. त्यांना संकेत, क्षणिक झलक आणि अस्पष्ट भावना पुरे झाल्या आहेत, आणि ते हरीला विनवतात की आता खेळ पुरे करून प्रत्यक्ष समोर यावे. त्यांना खरा संवाद हवा आहे जो मनातली काजळी पुसून टाकेल आणि विठ्ठलाच्या कोमल चरणांचे खरे दर्शन हवे आहे, केवळ उपस्थितीची जाणीव नाही. ते आपल्या जीवाच्या जीवाला हाक मारतात आणि आता मधला पडदा बाजूला सारावा अशी विनंती करतात.

Where this applies

When you are tired of vague spiritual feelings and want something real and direct
When a relationship feels like it is always hinted at but never openly shown
When you feel someone you care about is putting off a real, honest conversation
When you want proof and presence instead of dreams and promises