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Abhanga 3909

Tukaram asks God to arrange his welfare and cut the ties and false hopes holding him back, so he can rest worry-free in quiet closeness with the divine.

When you're exhausted from trying to control an outcome and want to hand it over to something larger.

When your mind stays restless even though nothing specifically bad has happened.

When you want to release a false hope or attachment but can't seem to cut it loose alone.

The verse

जेणें माझें हित होइल तो उपाव । करिसील भाव जाणोनियां ॥१॥ मज नाहीं सुख दुःख तया खंती । भावना हे चित्तीं नाना छंदें ॥ध्रु.॥ तोडीं हे संबंध तोडीं आशापाश । मज हो सायास न करितां ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मी तों राहिलों निश्चिंत । कवळोनि एकांतसुख तुझें ॥३॥

Literal translation

You'll-do-upāya-for-hita-knowing-bhāva. No-kheda-sukha-duḥkha — bhāvanā-chittī-chhandā. Cut-sambandha-āśā-pāśa-without-sāyāsa-for-me. Tukā: I-niścinta — kavaḷōnī-ēkānta-sukha.

What it means

A 3-verse handing-over-prayer. Whatever means will bring my welfare — you will do it, knowing my state. I have no regret of joy-and-sorrow — but anxiety lies on my heart in many tempos. Cut these relationships, cut the rope-of-hope — without making me struggle. I'll remain worry-free — gathering your solitary-joy in my arms. The handing-over is total: you do it; cut-the-bonds; I'll just sit in your ēkānta-sukha.

For someone today

Tukaram hands the whole problem over to God, saying that whatever course of action will actually be good for him, God already knows and can arrange it. He isn't troubled by joy or sorrow themselves, but his mind still keeps churning with restless anxiety in many different moods. So he asks God to cut the ties and the ropes of hope that keep him stuck, and to do it without making him struggle for it himself. Once that's done, Tukaram says he'll simply rest, worry free, holding onto the quiet joy of being alone with God.

मराठी: तुकाराम संपूर्ण जबाबदारी देवावर सोपवतात, म्हणतात की जे काही खरोखर त्यांच्या भल्याचे आहे ते देवाला आधीच माहीत आहे आणि तोच ते घडवून आणू शकतो. सुख किंवा दुःखाचे त्यांना काही वाईट वाटत नाही, पण मन तरीही अनेक भावनांनी अस्वस्थपणे फिरत राहते. म्हणून ते देवाला विनंती करतात की हे बंध आणि आशेच्या दोऱ्या तोडाव्यात, आणि हे स्वतः झगडावे न लागता व्हावे. हे झाले की तुकाराम म्हणतात, ते निश्चिंतपणे विसावतील, देवासोबतच्या एकांतातील शांत सुखात.

Where this applies

When you're tired of trying to fix a situation yourself and want to let go of control
When you're not upset by good or bad events themselves but your mind still won't settle down
When you want to cut ties or false hopes that keep pulling you back but can't seem to do it alone
When you long for a simple, quiet contentment instead of constantly striving for outcomes

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