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Abhanga 3835

When you trust completely in being cared for by the divine, fear and enemies dissolve, and worry no longer has a place in your mind.

When you look at the world and choose to see care instead of threat.

When constant worry has worn you down and you need to let it go.

When you place your trust in being looked after instead of controlling every outcome.

The verse

मज नाहीं कोठें उरला दुर्जन । मायबापाविण ब्रम्हांडीं हें ॥१॥ कासया जिकीर करणें येविसीं । भयाची मानसीं चिंता खंती ॥ध्रु.॥ विश्वंभराचिये लागलों सांभाळीं । संत नेती चाली आपुलिया ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माझें पाळणें पोषणें । करी नारायण सर्वस्वेंसी ॥३॥

Literal translation

No-durjana-left-in-brahmāṇḍa — except-māyabāpa. What-jikīra — no-bhaya-no-chinta-khamtī. Latched-onto-Viśvambhara-sāmbhāḷa — santas-lead-own-chālī. Tukā: my-pāḷaṇē-pōṣaṇē — Nārāyaṇa-with-sarvasva.

What it means

A 3-verse no-fear text. No wicked person is left for me anywhere in the cosmos — except the mother-father (i.e., everywhere I see is the Lord). What need to worry about this? — no fear, no anxiety in my mind. I have latched onto Viśvambhara's protection — the santas lead in their own way. My rearing and nourishing — Nārāyaṇa does with his whole self. The opening no-durjana-left-except-māyabāpa is a beautiful inversion: the world is so transformed that even the Lord is renamed the only-one (and named māyabāpa, parents, not durjana).

For someone today

Tukaram declares that once he looks at the world with this trust, he can find no enemy left anywhere, only the parent who cares for him everywhere he looks. Because of that, he sees no reason for worry, fear, or anxiety weighing on his mind. He has attached himself completely to God's protection, trusting that the saints show the way in their own manner, and he says his whole upbringing and sustenance are handled by God with total devotion. It's a description of the deep calm that comes from trusting fully in being cared for.

मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की या विश्वासाने जगाकडे पाहिले की त्यांना कुठेही शत्रू दिसत नाही, फक्त सर्वत्र काळजी घेणारा माय-बाप दिसतो. त्यामुळे त्यांच्या मनात काळजी, भीती किंवा चिंता उरत नाही. त्यांनी स्वतःला देवाच्या संरक्षणाला पूर्णपणे जोडून घेतले आहे, संत आपापल्या मार्गाने वाट दाखवतात यावर विश्वास ठेवून, आणि ते म्हणतात की त्यांचे पालन-पोषण नारायण संपूर्ण भक्तिभावाने करतो. संपूर्ण विश्वासाने काळजी घेतली जाण्यातून मिळणाऱ्या खोल शांततेचे हे वर्णन आहे.

Where this applies

When you feel afraid of the world and want a reason to see it as less hostile
When someone struggles with constant worry and needs to release that anxiety
When you decide to trust that you are being cared for instead of managing everything alone
When you look for the guidance of trusted mentors instead of figuring everything out yourself