Abhanga 4358
A person's receptivity grows out of what they already carry within, so real understanding cannot be forced and arrives in its own time.
The verse
संचित तैशी बुद्धि उपजे मनामधीं । सांगितलें सिद्धि नव जाय ॥१॥
ज्याचा जैसा ठेवा तो त्यापाशीं धांवे । न लगती करावे उपदेश ॥२॥
घेऊन उठती आपुलाले गुण । भविष्याप्रमाणें तुका म्हणे ॥३॥
Literal translation
Sañchita-buddhi-in-mana — siddhi-no-need-of-repeat. Whose-ṭhēvā-runs-to-him — no-upadeśa-needed. Rise-with-own-guṇa — as-bhaviṣya.
What it means
A 3-verse sañchita-determinism text. According to one's sañchita, the buddhi arises in the mind — whatever is said as instruction does not bear fruit (does not go to siddhi) beyond-the-sañchita. Whose deposit is what — it runs to him on its own; no instruction needs giving. They rise with their own qualities — Tukā says: according to (each one's) destined-future. The doctrine: karmic-deposit determines-receptivity; what-runs-to-you-is-already-yours by-deposit; no-need-to-force-upadeśa. Pair with 4264 (sañchita-blocks-krpā), 4257 (5-image instructional-futility).
For someone today
Tukaram observes that the way someone's mind works grows out of what they have already accumulated within themselves over time, and no amount of telling them something will make it take root if that ground is not already there. Whatever truly belongs to a person tends to come to them naturally, on its own, without anyone needing to push it onto them. People rise up and act according to their own inner qualities, he says, each one following a path shaped by what they carry inside. This is a reminder to be patient with people, including yourself, since real change follows its own timing rather than force.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात, माणसाच्या मनाची जडणघडण त्याने आधीच आतमध्ये साठवलेल्या गोष्टींमधून घडते, आणि ती जमीन आधीच तयार नसेल तर कितीही सांगितलं तरी ते रुजत नाही. जे खरोखर एखाद्याचं असतं ते आपोआप त्याच्याकडे येतं, त्यासाठी कोणाला जबरदस्ती करावी लागत नाही. माणसं आपापल्या आतल्या गुणांनुसार उठतात आणि वागतात, असं ते सांगतात, प्रत्येकजण आपल्या आत जे आहे त्यानुसार आपली वाट चालतो. हे आपल्याला आणि इतरांना धीराने वागवण्याची आठवण करून देतं, कारण खरा बदल जबरदस्तीने नव्हे तर स्वतःच्या वेळेनुसार घडतो.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's sañchita-determinism canonical