Abhanga 3863
Once you have spoken a firm resolve out loud, hold the one you trust to it, and refuse to accept vague answers or endless delay.
The verse
धरूनियां मनीं बोलिलों संकल्प । होसी तरि बाप सिद्धी पाव ॥१॥
उत्कंठा हे आजी जाली माझे पोटीं । मोकळिली गोष्टी टाळाटाळ ॥ध्रु.॥
माझा मज असे ठाउका निर्धार । उपाधि उत्तर न साहे पैं ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे जरि दिली आठवण । तरि अभिमान धरीं याचा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Spoken-samkalpa — if-bāpa-let-it-fulfill. Utkaṇṭhā-today-in-pōṭa — let-go-of-tāḷāṭāḷa. My-nirdhāra-known — won't-bear-upādhi-uttara. Tukā: if-reminder-given — take-abhimāna of-it.
What it means
A 3-verse determined-asking text. Holding it in mind, I have spoken a resolve aloud — if you are truly father, fulfill it. Eager-longing has arisen in my gut today — let go of the delay-and-postponement. I know my own determination — I cannot bear the talking-around. If I have given the reminder — take responsibility for it. The structural device — if-you-are-father-fulfill — is the canonical bhakta-leverage of relational-claim.
For someone today
Tukaram has made up his mind and spoken his intention out loud, and now he holds God to it, saying that if you are truly a father to me, then see it through. He feels an urgent longing rising in him today and refuses to accept any more delay or postponement. He knows his own resolve clearly and says he cannot stand vague answers or being put off with excuses. Tukaram closes by saying that once he has reminded God of this promise, God should take responsibility for it, the way a father owns up to what he has been asked.
मराठी: तुकाराम यांनी मनाशी ठरवून आपला संकल्प मोठ्याने बोलून दाखवला आहे, आणि आता ते देवाला त्यावर धरून ठेवतात, म्हणतात की तू खरोखर बाप असशील तर तो पूर्ण करून दाखव. आज त्यांच्या मनात एक तीव्र ओढ निर्माण झाली आहे आणि आणखी टाळाटाळ खपवून घेतली जाणार नाही असे ते म्हणतात. त्यांना स्वतःचा निर्धार स्पष्ट माहीत आहे आणि गोलमोल उत्तरे किंवा सबबींनी टाळणे त्यांना सहन होणार नाही असे ते सांगतात. शेवटी तुकाराम म्हणतात की एकदा त्यांनी हे वचन आठवण करून दिले की, ज्याप्रमाणे बाप आपल्याकडे मागितलेल्या गोष्टीची जबाबदारी घेतो, तशीच देवाने त्याची जबाबदारी घ्यावी.
Where this applies
- When you have made a firm decision and spoken it out loud, and now want to hold yourself or someone to it
- When you're tired of being put off with vague answers or excuses
- When you feel an urgent need rising in you and no longer want to wait patiently
- When you hold someone accountable to a promise based on the relationship between you