Abhanga 3845
The same loving power that has rescued countless people before will not be slow to rescue you either, if you hold on and trust it completely.
The verse
बहुत असती मागें सुखी केलीं । अनाथा माउली जिवांची तूं ॥१॥
माझिया संकटा न धरीं अळस । लावुनियां कास पार पावीं ॥ध्रु.॥
कृपावंता करा ज्याचा अंगीकार । तया संवसार नाहीं पुन्हां ॥ ।२॥
विचारितां नाहीं दुजा बळिवंत । ऐसा सर्वगत व्यापी कोणी ॥३॥
म्हणउनि दिला मुळीं जीवभाव । देह केला वाव समाधिस्थ ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे नाहीं जाणत आणीक । तुजविण एक पांडुरंगा ॥५॥
Literal translation
Bahuta asatī māge sukhī kelīm — behind, (you have) made many sukhī; anāthā māulī jīvāñcī tūm — you are anāthāñcī-māulī of jīvas. Mājhiyā samkaṭā na dharīm aḷasa — don't be aḷasa toward my samkaṭa; lāvunīyām kāsa pāra pāvīm — tying kāsa, take (me) across. Krpāvamtā karā jyāñcā angīkāra — krpāvanta — those whose angīkāra (you) do; tayā samvasāra nāhī punhām — they have no samsāra again. Vichāritām nāhī dujā baḷivamta — considering, no other baḷivanta; aisā sarva-gata vyāpī kōṇī — no other sarva-gata-vyāpī. Mhaṇaunī dilā muḷīm jīva-bhāva — therefore I gave jīva-bhāva at root; deha kelā vāva samādhistha — made deha empty, samādhistha. Tukā mhaṇe nāhī jāṇata āṇīka — Tukā says: I don't know any other; tujaviṇa eka Pāṇḍurangā — no one but you, Pāṇḍurangā.
What it means
A 5-verse canonical refuge-text by Tukārām.
The argument-arc: Behind-(in-time)-you've-saved-many; you-are-anāthāñcī-māulī. Don't-be-lazy-to-my-samkaṭa — tie-kāsa, take-across. Your-angīkāra means-no-samsāra-again. No-other-baḷivanta, sarva-gata-vyāpī. Therefore I-gave-jīva-bhāva-at-root, made-deha-samādhistha. Tukā: I-know-no-one-else, only-Pāṇḍurangā.
The closing-claim tujaviṇa eka Pāṇḍurangā (no-one-but-you, Pāṇḍurangā) is the canonical bhakti-exclusive-refuge.
For someone today
Tukārām's refuge-text. Behind, (you have) made many happy — you are the orphan-mother of jīvas. Don't be lazy toward my trouble; tying the kāsa, take (me) across. Those whose acceptance you do with compassion — they have no samsāra again. Considering, there is no other powerful one — such a all-pervading is no one else. Therefore, I have given jīva-bhāva at the root; made the deha empty, samādhistha. I do not know anyone else — none but you, Pāṇḍurangā. The verse permits the canonical bhakti-exclusive-refuge claim.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's canonical anāthāñcī-māulī, sarva-gata-vyāpaka, know-no-one-else refuge-text
- Kāsa-lāvunīyām pāra-pāvīm canonical-image (cf 3034)