Abhanga 4138
Honestly opening your heart after a long separation, and being met with comfort rather than blame, can become the very thing that heals you completely.
The verse
होतें तैसें पायीं केलें निवेदन । अंतरलों दिन बहुत होतों ॥१॥
संबोखुनी केलें समाधान चित्त । वोगरुणि भात प्रेमरस ॥ध्रु.॥
नामरत्नमणी करूनी भूषण । अळंकारमंडण माळा दिली ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे सुखें जालों निरामय । नामीं नामसोय निमग्नता ॥३॥
Literal translation
Hōte taise pāyīm kele nivedana — what was, I made nivedana at feet; antaralōm dina bahuta hōtōm — antaralōm many days. Sambōkhunī kele samādhāna chitta — consoling, made chitta-samādhāna; vōgaruṇi bhāta prema-rasa — served bhāta of prema-rasa. Nāma-ratna-maṇī karūnī bhūṣaṇa — making Name-jewel into bhūṣaṇa; aḷankāra-maṇḍaṇa māḷā dilī — gave aḷankāra-māḷā. Tukā mhaṇe sukhe jālōm nirāmaya — Tukā says: in sukha I became nirāmaya; nāmīm nāma-sōya nimagnatā — in Name, Name-side-immersion.
What it means
Tukārām's reunion after long separation. The Lord consoles, serves prema-rasa-rice, adorns with Name-jewel-garland; immersion in the Name becomes the cure (nirāmaya).
For someone today
Tukaram describes what it feels like to finally lay everything bare at God's feet after a long stretch of feeling separated. Instead of scolding him for the distance, God comforts him, calming his heart and serving him something like a meal made of pure love. He is then adorned with the divine name itself, as if it were a jewel or a garland, and this immersion in the name becomes the very thing that heals him, bringing him complete peace.
मराठी: तुकाराम वर्णन करतात की दीर्घकाळ दुरावा जाणवल्यानंतर देवाच्या पायाशी सगळे मोकळेपणाने सांगितल्यावर काय वाटते. दुराव्याबद्दल रागावण्याऐवजी देव त्यांचे सांत्वन करतो, मन शांत करतो आणि जणू प्रेमरसाने भरलेले जेवण वाढतो. त्यानंतर त्यांना जणू रत्न किंवा माळेप्रमाणे स्वतः नामानेच सजवले जाते, आणि नामात हे मग्न होणेच त्यांना बरे करते, संपूर्ण शांती देते.
Where this applies
- When you finally open up honestly after a long period of feeling distant from someone you love
- When being comforted rather than blamed after a separation helps you truly heal
- When a simple, steady practice becomes the thing that restores your peace of mind
- When you feel adorned or honored by something you had feared you'd lost access to