Friday, January 1, 2010

अभंग - संत तुकाराम




This abhang is a prayer to Lord Vitthal.
So simple, so beautiful !
 




देवा आता ऐसा करीं उपकार । देहाचा विसर पाडीं मज ॥धृ॥
तरीं च हा जीव सुख पावे माझा । बरें केशीराजा कळों आले ॥१॥
ठाव देई चित्ता राखे पायापाशी । सकळ वृत्तींसी अखंडित ॥२॥
आस भय चिंता लाज काम क्रोध । तोडावा संबंध यांचा माझा ॥३॥
मागणे ते एक हे चि आहे आता । नाम मुखी संतसंग देई ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे नको वरपंग देवा । घेई माझी सेवा भावशुद्ध ॥५॥

He prays - let me forget (everything about)this body. (It is good that) now I have understood that only then will I be really happy. Let all my senses/all actions/my mind be focused towards your feet (Let them not be deflected by anything else). Please break all my relations with hope (expectation), fear, worries, shyness, lust, anger. There is only one request now, let me always remember your name and let me always be in the company of saints (sadhoos, nice people). Tuka says - let my service be with pure devotion, let there not be any hypocrisy(वरपंग ? not sure of this) in it.