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Abhanga 4131

Even someone who feels weighed down by every past mistake can be heard instantly by a compassionate God, and sincere devotion can dissolve guilt and separateness into wholeness.

When you feel too flawed or guilty to ask for closeness or forgiveness.

When you trust that being heard doesn't require first listing or justifying every mistake you've made.

When something you sincerely hold in your heart begins to feel possible because of steady, heartfelt practice.

The verse

ठाव देऊनिया राखें पायापासीं । मी तों आहें रासी पातकाची ॥१॥ पातकाची रासी म्हणतां लागे वेळ । ऐके तो कृपाळ नारायण ॥ध्रु.॥ नारायणनामें अवघें सांग जालें । असंग चि केलें एकमय ॥२॥ एकमय जालें विठोबाच्या नामें । भेदाभेद कर्म आणिक कांहीं ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे चित्तीं चिंतिलें जें होतें । तें होय आपैतें नामें याच्या ॥४॥

Literal translation

Give-ṭhāva — I-pāpa-rāśī. Counting-takes-time — krpāḷu-Nārāyaṇa-hears. Nārāyaṇa-Name — asanga-ēka-maya. By-Viṭṭhal-Name — bhēdābhēda-karma-dissolve. Tukā: chittilē — āpaitē-by-this-Name.

What it means

A 4-verse Name-power text. Give me place near your feet — I'm a heap of sin. Saying I'm a heap takes time, but compassionate Nārāyaṇa hears at once. By Nārāyaṇa's Name, everything is completed; the non-attached was made one-form. Becoming one-form by Viṭhōbā's Name, distinctions, karma, and all else (dissolve). What was thought in the heart, by this Name it becomes one's own.

For someone today

Tukaram asks to be kept close to God's feet even though he calls himself a heap of sin, trusting that a compassionate God hears him instantly rather than needing him to tally up every fault. He says that through the power of the divine name, all distinctions dissolve, separateness gives way to oneness, and even karma loses its grip. Whatever you sincerely hold in your heart, he says, becomes real through the power of that name, so don't let shame about your past keep you from calling out.

मराठी: तुकाराम स्वतःला पापांचा ढीग म्हणत असूनही देवाच्या पायाजवळ जागा मागतात, कारण करुणामय देव प्रत्येक चूक मोजण्याची वाट न पाहता लगेच ऐकतो असा त्यांचा विश्वास आहे. ते सांगतात की देवाच्या नामाच्या शक्तीने सगळे भेद विरघळतात, वेगळेपण एकरूपतेत बदलते आणि कर्मसुद्धा आपली पकड सोडते. जे मनापासून हृदयात धरले जाते ते या नामाच्या शक्तीने खरे होते, त्यामुळे भूतकाळाची लाज तुम्हाला हाक मारण्यापासून रोखू देऊ नका असे ते म्हणतात.

Where this applies

When shame about your past mistakes makes you hesitant to ask for help or forgiveness
When you assume you must first prove yourself worthy before reaching out to someone who cares about you
When you long to feel whole again after feeling fragmented by guilt or regret
When you hold something sincerely in your heart and wonder whether it can actually come true