संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 4162 of 4582

Abhanga 4162

When attachment and idle chatter tangle your mind and block your path forward, admit it honestly and ask for help.

When you notice possessiveness or attachment to things making you anxious and stuck.

When gossip or idle talk has pulled you away from your real practice or purpose.

When you feel blocked on your path and need to ask for help instead of struggling alone.

The verse

चित्त गुंतलें प्रपंचें । जालें वेडें ममतेचें ॥१॥ आतां सोडवीं पांडुरंगा । आलें निवारीं तें आंगा ॥ध्रु.॥ गुंतली चावटी । नामीं रूपीं जाली तुटी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे चाली । पुढें वाट खोळंबली ॥३॥

Literal translation

Chitta gumtalem prapamche — jālem veḍem mamatechem — chitta entangled in prapamcha — became mad of mamatā. Ātām sōḍavīm Pāṇḍurangā — ālem nivārīm tem angā — now rescue-me Pāṇḍurangā — what-has-come ward-it-off from (my) body. Gumtalī chāvaṭī — nāmīm rūpīm jālī tuṭī — entangled the chāvaṭī (chatter) — bond from nāma-rūpa is broken. Tukā mhaṇe chālī — puḍhe vāṭa khōḷambalī — Tukā says: the going-forward — the path ahead is blocked.

What it means

A 3-verse petition for rescue. Chitta-tangled-in-prapancha; mad-with-mamatā; rescue-me-Pāṇḍuranga; chāvaṭī-chatter-broke-my-bond-from-nāma-rūpa; the-path-ahead-is-blocked. Chāvaṭī (gossip / idle-talk) is a precise diagnosis of how samsāra-mind disrupts kīrtana.

For someone today

Tukaram admits his own mind has become tangled up in worldly life, driven half-mad by possessiveness and attachment to what he calls his own. He calls out to Panduranga, asking to be rescued and freed from whatever has taken hold of him. He also names idle chatter and gossip as something that has cut his connection to the sacred name and form, blocking his forward progress on the path.

मराठी: तुकाराम मोकळेपणाने कबूल करतात की त्यांचे मन प्रापंचिक गुंत्यात अडकले आहे, मी-माझेपणाच्या ममतेने जणू वेडे झाले आहे. ते पांडुरंगाला हाक मारतात, यातून सोडवा आणि जे काही आंगावर आले आहे ते दूर करा अशी विनंती करतात. ते हेही सांगतात की वायफळ बडबडीत अडकून नाम-रूपाशी असलेला त्यांचा बंध तुटला आहे, आणि त्यामुळे पुढची वाटच अडली आहे.

Where this applies

When you feel consumed by attachment or worry over things you call your own
When idle talk or distractions have pulled you away from what really matters
When you feel stuck, unable to move forward, and need to call for help
When you're honest enough to admit your mind has gotten tangled and needs outside help