Abhanga 3904
Tukaram says a devotee of Hari has nothing to fear or worry about, since God removes suffering and stays close by, so patience and contentment can always be held onto.
The verse
हरिचिया भक्ता नाहीं भयचिंता । दुःखनिवारिता नारायण ॥१॥
न लगे वाहणें संसारउद्वेग । जडों नेदी पांग देवराया ॥ध्रु.॥
असों द्यावा धीर सदा समाधान । आहे नारायण जवळी च ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे माझा सखा पांडुरंग । व्यापियेलें जग तेणें एकें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Hari-bhakta-no-bhaya-chinta — Nārāyaṇa-duḥkha-nivāritā. No-need-to-carry-samsāra-udvēga — pānga-doesn't-stick. Dhīra-and-samādhāna-sadā — Nārāyaṇa-close-by. Tukā: sakhā-Pāṇḍuranga — vyāpilēm-jaga-by-this-one.
What it means
THE canonical 3-verse Hari-bhakta-no-fear foundational text. For Hari's bhakta there is no fear-and-worry — Nārāyaṇa is the remover of suffering. There's no need to carry the world's anxiety; the Lord doesn't let the sorrows stick. Let there be patience and contentment always — Nārāyaṇa is close by. My friend is Pāṇḍuranga — by him alone is the world pervaded. Foundational Vārkarī text — the fearlessness-doctrine. Pair with 2867 (ṭhevilē-Anantē equanimity), 3835 (no-durjana-left-in-brahmāṇḍa-except-māyabāpa), 3874 (chātaka-mēgha-Hari-doesn't-neglect).
For someone today
Tukaram declares that whoever loves Hari has nothing to fear and nothing to worry about, because God himself removes suffering. You don't have to carry the anxiety of daily life on your own shoulders, since the Lord doesn't let sorrows stick to someone who trusts him. His advice is to hold onto patience and contentment always, remembering that Narayana is never far away. He calls Panduranga his own friend, and says this single presence fills the entire world.
मराठी: तुकाराम ठामपणे सांगतात की जो हरीवर प्रेम करतो त्याला कशाचीही भीती नाही आणि कसलीही चिंता नाही, कारण देव स्वतः दुःख दूर करतो. रोजच्या जगण्याची चिंता आपल्या एकट्याच्या खांद्यावर वाहायची गरज नाही, कारण जो देवावर विश्वास ठेवतो त्याला परमेश्वर दुःख चिकटू देत नाही. सदैव धीर आणि समाधान बाळगावे, नारायण नेहमीच जवळ असतो हे लक्षात ठेवावे असा त्यांचा सल्ला आहे. पांडुरंगाला ते आपला सखा म्हणतात, आणि म्हणतात की या एकाच अस्तित्वाने सारे जग व्यापले आहे.
Where this applies
- When anxiety about daily life feels like too heavy a weight to carry alone
- When fear about the future keeps you from feeling settled in the present
- When you need a reason to hold onto patience instead of panicking
- When you want to feel that you're never truly alone, that something larger is always near