81 A post English O'God give me this gift, हेंचि दान दे गा देवा 

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हेंचि दान दे गा देवा । तुझा विसर न व्हावा ॥

गुण गाईन आवडी । हेचि माझी सर्व जोडी ॥

नलगे मुक्ति धन संपदा । संतसंग देई सदा ॥

तुका म्हणें गर्भवासी । सुखें घालावें आम्हासी ॥ ३ ॥

कुमुदिनि काय जाणें तो परिमळ } भ्रमर सकळ भोगितसे ॥ १॥

तैसें तुज नाही ठावें नाहीं तुझें नाम। आम्हीच तें प्रेमसुख जाणों ॥ २॥

माते तृण बाळा दुधाची तें गोडी । ज्याची न ये जोडी त्यासी कामा ॥ ३॥

तुका म्हणें मुक्ताफळ शिंपीपोटी ।नाही त्याची भेटी भोग तेथें ॥ ४॥

Verbatim Meaning :-

Hymn 1 :-

O'God give me this gift, that I will not forget you || 1||

I will sing about your Qualities with love, this is my real treasure || 2 ||

I do not need wealth, liberation ; just give me company of the Saints|| 3||

Tuka says that for this purpose , you may place me in the womb (to take Birth as Human} || 4||

Hymn 2 :-

The Lotus flower does not know about it's own fragrance. Only a Bee enjoys it. || 1|\

Similarly O 'God , you do not know the sweetness of your own name. We ( your disciples ) only enjoy the it ( sweetness of your name) .|| 2||

The cow eats grass and gives milk but only it's calf knows the real sweetness of this milk. It has no other comparison || 3 ||

Tukas says that the Pearl is born in a shell, but the shell does not know it's value.|| 4||

Background information :-

Consider a case , where God appears in front of us. What shall we ask Him ? Most of us may not know what to ask for. 

           If we should understand the basic difference between a Prayer and a Request , then                the meaning of the becomes very clear.

The Prayer is always made to some one on whom we have full faith and confidence that our demand will be met without any hesitation from the Giver.

On the other hand when we make a request , we are not sure whether it will be granted or not.

For true disciple , the GOD Almighty is his Mother.Thus he feels free to ask anything to Her. Since Mother knows what is good for her child she always strives to give the when it asks for such things.

It is customary to recite the second Abhanga at the end of every spiritual discource of the Warkari Sampradaya in Maharashtra.

With these aspects in the back ground; we can say that the first Abhanga is a Prayer while the second Abhanga describes to us what a true disciple feels about Recitation or Sing songs about the Glory of GOD.

Meaning of the Abhangas :-

In the very first line of the first Abhanga ; Tukarama Maharaj, has prayed to God. He says that O'GOD give me a boon that I should not forget you. Further in the Third line He also prays for Holy company of the Saints.

Also he clarifies in the third line that he does not wish for any material wealth, or even liberation from the cycle of Birth-death.

As seen in earlier Abhangas; if one recites Holy name of God, or follows the preachings written in the literature of various saints , then one automatically remains always is in the company of GOD.

Same aspect are again brought forward in the Abhanga when Tukarama Maharaj says that he will like sing about the Glory of GOD, about GOD's various qualities, simply recites His Holy Name, or serving the needy people around us.

At this stage just the verbal meaning of the second Abhanga is sufficient. In the second Abhanga Tukarama Maharaj has told us about the sweetness of GOD's holy name. He has given us the examples of a calf, a pearl

The abhanga says :-

a) The Lotus flower does not know about it's own fragrance. Only a Bee enjoys it.

b) The cow eats grass and gives milk. Only the calf knows the real sweetness of this milk. It has no other comparison.

c) Pearl is born in a mother of pearl (shell) but the mother does not know the beauty of the pearl produced. Only the real connesiur knows the value and beauty of the pearl.though the shell does not enjoy it 's presence.

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Similarly O 'God , you do not know the sweetness of your own name. We your disciples only know about your sweetness of uttering your name.

          We know that unless there is a duality ie. a separation between GOD and a disciple;           the disciple will not be able to perform the acts of any worship.

          This is the real state of almost everybody who is not Truly Liberated. For such a                 person Praying is the only method available for making progress in the path of                   spirituality.

Coming back to the fourth line of the first Abhanga we find here that Tukaram Maharja has prayed GOD to give him Human birth again. Why? So that He will always enjoy the bliss because of singing about the glory of God.

          Teachings Of the Abhanga :-

          The Abhanga guides and teaches us about “What should we pray for?.”

           It also enables us to examine our own expectations when we start to tread on the path            of spirituality. since only in this human form we have a chance to attain liberation.

           But most of the mankind gets attracted towards the worldly pleasures and misses the            unique opportunity available to us.

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