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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 4565 of 4582

Abhanga 4565

God personally sets things right, restores power to those who rightfully deserve it, and actively fights on behalf of anyone who turns to him.

When you hold power or authority and must decide whether to keep it or hand it to whoever rightfully deserves it.
When someone close to you has been unjustly confined and needs to be freed.
When you need reassurance that someone will actively stand up and fight on your side.

The verse

नारायणें कंस चाणूर मदिला । रार्ज्यीं बैसविला उग्रसेन ॥१॥ उग्रसेन स्थापियेला शरणागत । पुरविला अंत अभक्ताचाम ॥२॥ अवघें चि केलें कारण अनंतें । आपुलिया हातें सकळ ही ॥३॥ सकळ ही केलीं आपुलीं अंकित । राहे गोपीनाथ मथुरेसि ॥४॥ मथुरेसि आला वैकुंठनायक । जालें सकळिक एक राज्य ॥५॥ राज्य दिलें उग्रसेना शरणागता । सोडविलीं माता पिता दोन्हीं ॥६॥ सोडवणे धांवे भक्ताच्या कैवारें । तुका म्हणे करें शस्त्र धरी ॥७॥

Literal translation

Nārāyaṇa-killed-Kamsa-Chāṇūra — Ugrasena-on-throne. Ugrasena-as-śaraṇāgata — abhakta-end-fulfilled. All-done-by-Anantā's-own-hands. All-made-his-ankita — Gōpī-nātha-Mathurā. Mathurā-Vaikuṇṭha-nāyaka — one-rājya-made. Rājya-to-Ugrasena — mother-father-freed. Sōḍavaṇē-runs-bhakta-kaivārē — Tukā: weapon-in-hand.

What it means

A 7-verse yamak-bandha — Kamsa-vadha finale. The classical Bhāgavata-arc closes: (a) Nārāyaṇa-killed-Kamsa-Chāṇūra (the wrestler), (b) Ugrasena (Kamsa's father) installed-on-throne as-śaraṇāgata — abhakta-end-fulfilled, (c) all-made-his-ankita, (d) Gōpī-nātha stays-in-Mathurā — Vaikuṇṭha-nāyaka comes, (e) parents Devakī-Vasudeva freed (from Kamsa's prison), (f) closing: sōḍavaṇē dhāmvē bhaktāchyā kaivārēm — Tukā mhaṇē karēm śastra dharī (the rescue-releasing runs for the bhakta's championing — Tukā says — he holds the weapon in his hand). Pair with 4564 (preceding meeting), 4567 (parents-equality).

For someone today

After killing the tyrant Kamsa and his wrestler Chanura, God doesn't take the throne for himself. He restores it to Ugrasena, the rightful elder who comes to him in surrender, and frees Krishna's own parents from the prison they'd been held in. Tukaram says every part of this was done personally, by God's own hand, and closes with a vivid image: God runs, weapon in hand, whenever his devotees need someone to fight for them and stand up on their side. Nothing in this act was for God's own gain; it was entirely in service of setting things right and protecting those who turn to him.

मराठी: अत्याचारी कंस आणि त्याच्या मल्ल चाणूराचा वध केल्यानंतर देव स्वतः राजगादीवर बसत नाही. तो योग्य ज्येष्ठ असलेल्या उग्रसेनाला, जो त्याला शरण येतो, राज्य परत देतो, आणि कृष्णाच्याच आई-वडिलांना ज्या तुरुंगात ठेवले होते तिथून सोडवतो. तुकाराम म्हणतात हे सर्व देवाने स्वतःच्या हाताने केले, आणि शेवटी एक जिवंत प्रतिमा देतात: जेव्हा भक्तांना त्यांच्यासाठी लढणाऱ्या, त्यांच्या बाजूने उभे राहणाऱ्या कोणाची गरज असते तेव्हा देव हातात शस्त्र घेऊन धावतो. या संपूर्ण कृतीत देवाचा स्वतःचा कोणताही फायदा नव्हता; ते पूर्णपणे न्याय प्रस्थापित करण्यासाठी आणि त्याला शरण येणाऱ्यांचे रक्षण करण्यासाठी होते.

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