Abhanga 4549
When something truly fills you, hunger, time, and restless craving fall away and a lasting, settled contentment takes their place.
The verse
कृष्णाचिया सुखें भुक नाहीं तान । सदा समाधान सकळांचें ॥१॥
कळलें चि नाहीं जाले किती दिस । बाहेरिल वास विसरलीं ॥२॥
विसरु कामाचा तुका म्हणे जाला । उद्वेग राहिला जावें यावें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Krṣṇa-sukha-no-hunger-thirst — sadā-samādhāna. Not-known-how-many-days — outer-vāsa-forgotten. Forgot-kāma — Tukā: udvēga-of-going-coming-stopped.
What it means
A 3-verse yamak-bandha — continuation of Gokul-folks-state. In Krṣṇa-sukha there is no hunger or thirst — always satisfaction. They don't know how many days have passed — they forgot the outer residence. They forgot all desires — the restlessness of going-and-coming stopped. Compact statement of Gokul-folks' Lord-in-presence experience. Pair with 4548 (preceding), 4497 (Krṣṇa-everywhere refrain).
For someone today
In the joy of Krishna's presence, people stop noticing hunger or thirst, they lose track of how many days have gone by, and they forget the pull of their outer lives entirely. Every restless craving quiets down, and even the anxious back and forth of wanting to be somewhere else finally stops. This describes what happens when something truly fills you, the small worries about time and need fade, and a settled contentment takes their place.
मराठी: कृष्णाच्या सान्निध्यातील आनंदात लोकांना भूक किंवा तहान जाणवेनाशी होते, किती दिवस उलटले हेही त्यांना कळत नाही, आणि आपल्या बाह्य जीवनाची ओढही ते पूर्णपणे विसरतात. प्रत्येक अस्वस्थ इच्छा शांत होते, आणि दुसरीकडे कुठेतरी असावे असे वाटणारी सततची घालमेलही थांबते. जेव्हा एखादी गोष्ट खरोखर तुम्हाला भरून टाकते तेव्हा असे घडते, वेळ आणि गरजेच्या लहानशा काळज्या मावळतात आणि त्यांच्या जागी स्थिर समाधान येते.
Where this applies
- When you are so absorbed in something meaningful that you lose track of time and basic needs
- When deep contentment quiets the restless urge to be somewhere else
- When ordinary worries fade because something has genuinely filled you
- When a moment of peace makes hunger, schedules, and small anxieties stop mattering