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Abhanga 4417

What watching, krpā-sāgara, narendra, Pāṇḍurangā?

Tukārām's Lord-as-Buddha-don't-listen-to-jagat striking-image

The verse

काय पाहतोसि कृपेच्या सागरा । नराच्या नरेंद्रा पांडुरंगा ॥१॥ नामाचा प्रताप ब्रिदाचा बडिवार । करावा साचार नारायणा ॥ध्रु.॥ कलीमाजी देव बौध्यरूप जाला । जगाचिया बोला लागूं नका ॥२॥ माय पुत्रा काय मारूं पाहे कळी । जगाची ढवाळी काय काज ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे या हो कृपेच्या सागरा । रुकुमादेवीवरा मायबापा ॥४॥

Literal translation

What watching, krpā-sāgara, narendra, Pāṇḍurangā? Make Name-pratāpa and biruda-baḍivāra sāchāra. In Kali, Deva became Buddha-rūpa? Don't listen to jagat-bōla. Mother-son, kaḷi wants to kill — what's use of jagat's ḍhavāḷī? Tukā: come, krpā-sāgara, Rakumādevīvara-māyabāpa.

What it means

A striking-image petition. Buddha-rūpa image refers to-the-tradition that in Kali-yuga the-Lord-becomes-silent (the avatāra-as-Buddha). Tukārām urges: don't-listen-to-world's-mockery, come.

For someone today

The bhakta's plea: come-out-of-silence; mother-must-protect-son from kaḷi.

Where this applies