Abhangs (a Short Collection) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDA EFGHIJK LMN OPQRS TUVWX LESLLLLYZ LA2VB2C2D2E2F2G2H2I2 D2LJ2K2L2F2| A | |
| I was sleeping when Namdeo and Vitthal Stepped into my dream | B |
| 'Your job is to make poems Stop wasting time ' Namdeo said | C |
| Vitthal gave me the measure and gently aroused me from a dream inside a dream | B |
| Namdeo vowed to write one billion poems | D |
| 'Tuka all the unwritten ones are your responsibility ' | A |
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| To repeat Your name is to string pearls together | E |
| The pleasure in your manifested form is always new | F |
| I have ceased to desire the unembodied God | G |
| Your worshippers do not seek liberation | H |
| With You it is still possible to give and to receive | I |
| What use is the place where a dish sat when it is taken away | J |
| Tuka says 'Give me the gift of freedom from fear | K |
| After all O Lord who pervades the world I have given the world You ' | - |
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| Without a worshipper how can God assume a form and accept service | L |
| The one makes the other beautiful as a gold setting shows off a jewel | M |
| Who but God can make the worshipper free from desires | N |
| Tuka says 'They are drawn to each other like mother and child ' | - |
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| I am not starved for want of food but it is Janardana who deserves my reverence | O |
| I have looked on God as one who sees everything on bright and dark days alike | P |
| God is like a father with his child | Q |
| who both feels and gives pleasure at the same time | R |
| Good acts and bad acts vanish | S |
| Tuka says 'God's glory alone is left ' | - |
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| This is why I have left my house and gone to the forest | T |
| My love will be spoiled by the evil eye | U |
| I will lose my love for Him | V |
| I will not listen to this doctrine of unity | W |
| Tuka says 'This doctrine that God and I are one is false | X |
| I will not let it interfere with me ' | - |
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| Just beyond us we see that purple luster how glorious | L |
| With His noble crown of peacock feathers stitched together | E |
| As you look upon Him fever and illusion vanish | S |
| Adore then the Prince of the Yadavas the Lord of Yogis | L |
| He who filled with passion the sixteen thousand royal damsels | L |
| Fair Creatures divine maidens | L |
| He stands upon the river bank with the luster of one million moons | L |
| It is fastened in jewels on His neck | Y |
| And merges into the luster of His form | Z |
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| This God who bears the wheel is the chief of the Yadavas | L |
| Him the thirty three crores of demigods adore | A2 |
| The demons tremble before Him | V |
| His dark blue countenance destroys sin | B2 |
| How fair are His feet with saffron stained | C2 |
| How fortunate is the brick that is grasped by His feet | D2 |
| The very thought of Him makes fire cool | E2 |
| Therefore embrace Him with experience of your own | F2 |
| The sages as they see His face contemplate Him in the spirit | G2 |
| The Father of the World stands before them in bodily shape | H2 |
| Tuka is frenzied after Him His purple form ravages the mind | I2 |
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| If men are habitations of God we should fall at their feet | D2 |
| But we should leave alone their habits and goals | L |
| Fire is good to drive away cold | J2 |
| But you must not tie it up | K2 |
| And carry it around in a cloth | L2 |
| Tuka says 'A scorpion or a snake is a habitation of Narayana | F2 |
| You may worship Him from afar but you must not touch Him ' | - |
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Sant Tukaram
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