Abhanga 4080
True trust removes fear of death and of others' opinions, turns hard effort into joyful play, and makes happiness worth sharing rather than hoarding.
The verse
आम्हां भय धाक कोणाचा रे पाहें । काळ मशक काय मानव हे ॥१॥
आम्हांसी ते काय चिंता या पोटाची । माउली आमुची पांडुरंग ॥ध्रु.॥
काय करावी हे कोणाची मान्यता । करितां अनंता कोण वारी ॥२॥
नाहीं शीण आम्हां जालें कवतुक । पुनीत हे लोक करावया ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे खातों आनंदाचे लाडू । नका चरफडूं घ्या रे तुम्ही ॥४॥
Literal translation
No-bhaya-Kāḷa-mosquito — what-mānavas. No-pōṭa-chinta — Pāṇḍuranga-māulī. No-mānyatā — Ananta-acts-no-one-prevents. No-śīṇa-only-kautuka-purify-lōka. Tukā: I-eat-ānanda-laḍū — take-yourselves.
What it means
THE canonical 4-verse bhakta-fearlessness + abundance text. What fear, what anxiety for us? Kāḷa is a mosquito; what are these humans? Why worry about belly — our mother is Pāṇḍuranga. What use anyone's opinion? — when Ananta acts, who can prevent? No fatigue for us; it has become a sport — purifying the people. I'm eating sweetmeat-of-bliss; don't writhe in jealousy — take them yourselves. The image ānanda-laḍū-khātōm — ghyā-rē-tumhī (I'm eating bliss-sweetmeats — you take them too!) is one of Tukārām's most-vivid invitations: bhakti's bliss is a feast — come share. Pair with 3904 (Hari-bhakta-no-fear-foundational).
For someone today
Tukaram declares he has no fear left, not even of death, which he calls no bigger than a mosquito, and no fear of what other people think either. He isn't anxious about being fed or provided for because he trusts Pandurang like a mother who takes care of that. What used to feel like hard, tiring work now feels like joyful play to him. He compares his happiness to sweets he is eating with delight, and instead of guarding it jealously, he openly invites everyone else to come and taste that same joy for themselves.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की त्यांना आता कशाचीही भीती उरलेली नाही, अगदी मृत्यूचीही नाही, जो त्यांना डासाएवढाच वाटतो, आणि लोक काय म्हणतील याचीही चिंता नाही. आपल्या पोटापाण्याची काळजी त्यांना नाही, कारण पांडुरंग आईसारखा त्याची काळजी घेतो यावर त्यांचा विश्वास आहे. जे आधी कष्टाचे आणि थकवणारे वाटत होते ते आता त्यांना आनंदाचा खेळ वाटते. ते आपला आनंद गोड लाडवाशी तुलना करतात जो ते चवीने खात आहेत, आणि तो हपापून स्वतःपुरता न ठेवता ते इतर सर्वांनाही तोच आनंद चाखण्यासाठी मनापासून आमंत्रण देतात.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's THE canonical bhakta-fearlessness + ānanda-laḍū-invitation text
- Pair with 3904 (Hari-bhakta-no-fear)