Abhanga 3843
When trust is complete, the mind grows steady, suffering eases, and joy overflows so fully that experience itself replaces the need for further words.
The verse
सकळ तुझे पायीं मानिला विश्वास । न करीं उदास आतां मज ॥१॥
जीवीं गातां गोड आइकतां कानीं । पाहातां लोचनीं मूर्ती तुझी ॥ध्रु.॥
मन स्थिर माझें जालेंसे निश्चळि । वारिलीं सकळ आशापाश ॥२॥
जन्मजराव्याधि निवारिलें दुःख । वोसंडलें सुख प्रेम धरी ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे मज जाला हा निर्धार । आतां वांयां फार काय बोलों ॥४॥
Literal translation
Sakaḷa tujhe pāyīm māniyelā viśvāsa — all — viśvāsa placed on your pāya; na karīm udāsa ātām maja — don't make me udāsa now. Jīvīm gātām gōḍa āikatām kānīm — sweet to sing in jīva, hear in ears; pāhātām lōchanīm mūrtī tujhī — to see in eyes your mūrti. Mana sthira mājhe jālemse niśchaḷi — my mana has become sthira-niśchaḷi; vārilīm sakaḷa āśāpāśa — all āśā-pāśa cleared. Janmajarāvyādhi nivārile duḥkha — janma-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha removed; vōsamḍale sukha prema dharī — sukha overflowed; prema takes. Tukā mhaṇe maja jālā hā nirdhāra — Tukā says: I have this nirdhāra; ātām vāmyā phāra kāya bōlōm — now what is the point of vāmyā (vain) much-speaking.
What it means
A 4-verse bhakti-confirmation by Tukārām.
The argument-arc: All-faith-on-feet → don't-make-udāsa. Sweet-to-sing-hear-see-mūrti. Mind-sthira; āśā-pāśa-cleared. Janma-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-removed; sukha-overflows; prema-takes. Tukā's-nirdhāra; what-more-words?
The closing vāmyā phāra kāya bōlōm (what's-the-point-of-much-vain-words) is the bhakta's-resolution: words-exhausted, only-experience-remains.
For someone today
Tukārām's bhakti confirmation. All — I have placed faith on your feet; do not now make (me) despondent. To sing in jīva — sweet; to hear in ears; to see in eyes your mūrti. My mind has become firm and steady; all desire-bonds have been cleared. The suffering of birth, old age, and disease has been removed; sukha has overflowed — prema takes hold. I have this firm resolve — now, what is the point of speaking many vain words? The verse permits this confirmation: with faith placed fully on his feet, joy overflows and words are no longer needed.
मराठी: तुकारामांची ही भक्ती-निश्चिती. सारा विश्वास मी तुझ्या पायी ठेवला आहे; आता मला उदास करू नकोस. जीवात गाणे गोड वाटते, कानांनी ऐकणे, डोळ्यांनी तुझी मूर्ती पाहणे — हेच सुख. माझे मन आता स्थिर आणि निश्चळ झाले आहे; सर्व आशा-पाश दूर झाले आहेत. जन्म-जरा-व्याधीचे दुःख निवारले गेले आहे; सुख ओसंडून वाहत आहे, प्रेम भरून राहिले आहे. मला हा निश्चय झाला आहे — आता उगाच खूप बोलण्यात काय अर्थ आहे? या ओवीत ही निश्चिती मांडली आहे — पायी पूर्ण विश्वास ठेवला की सुख ओसंडते आणि शब्दांची गरज उरत नाही.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's faith-on-feet, sukha-overflows, no-more-words confirmation