Abhanga 4063
A bond of true love, once formed, cannot be undone, and in the end the devotee and the divine share one and the same destination.
The verse
जन्मोजन्मींची संगत । भेटी जाली अकस्मात ॥१॥
आतां सोडितां सुटेना । तंतु प्रीतीचा तुटेना ॥ध्रु.॥
माझें चित्त तुझ्या पायां । मिठी पडिली पंढरिराया ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे अंतीं । तुझी माझी एक गति ॥३॥
Literal translation
Janma-janma-sangati — bhēṭi-akasmāt. Can't-let-go — prīti-tantu-doesn't-tear. Chitta-at-feet — miṭhī-Pandhari-rāyā. Tukā: at-end — one-gati.
What it means
A 3-verse eternal-relation text. Our companionship is birth-after-birth; this meeting came suddenly. Now, even trying to let go, it doesn't let go — the love-thread cannot be torn. My mind is at your feet — an embrace has fallen, Pandharirāya. At the end, your and my destination is one. The closing line tujhī mājhī ēka gati (your and my one destination) is a powerful merge-image — the bhakta and Lord share one gati at the end.
For someone today
Tukaram describes a bond with the divine that feels older than this single lifetime, as if their companionship stretches across many births, even though the meeting itself came suddenly and unexpectedly. Once that connection forms, he says, it can't be undone. He has tried to let it go and simply cannot, because the thread of love between them refuses to tear. His mind rests permanently at Pandharirāya's feet, held in an embrace that won't loosen, and he closes with a bold claim: in the end, his destination and the divine's are one and the same.
मराठी: तुकाराम अशा एका नात्याचे वर्णन करतात जे या एका जन्मापेक्षा जुने वाटते, जणू त्यांची सोबत अनेक जन्मांची आहे, तरीही ती भेट मात्र अचानक आणि अनपेक्षितपणे झाली. एकदा हे नाते जडले की ते तोडता येत नाही, असे ते म्हणतात. त्यांनी ते सोडण्याचा प्रयत्न केला पण जमलेच नाही, कारण त्यांच्यातला प्रेमाचा धागा तुटता तुटत नाही. त्यांचे मन कायमचे पंढरीरायाच्या पायाशी विसावले आहे, एका मिठीत बांधले गेले आहे जी सैल होत नाही, आणि शेवटी ते एक ठाम विधान करतात: शेवटी माझी आणि तुझी गती एकच आहे.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's janma-janma-sangati — at-end-one-gati canonical
- prīti-tantu-doesn't-tear image (cf. 3127 prema-tantu-dōrī)