Dashak 1 · Samāsa 6

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आतां वंदूं श्रोते जन । भक्त ज्ञानी संत सज्जन । विरक्त योगी गुणसंपन्न । सत्यवादी

ātām vamdūm śrote jana | bhakta jñānī samta sajjana | virakta yogī guṇasampanna | satyavādī

Now I shall worship the listeners (śrotṛ-jana) — devotees, knowers, saints, noble ones; the dispassionate, yogis, those endowed with virtues, the truth-speaking.

येक सत्वाचे सागर । येक बुद्धीचे आगर । येक श्रोते वैरागर । नाना शब्दरत्नांचे

yeka satvāce sāgara | yeka buddhīce āgara | yeka śrote vairāgara | nānā śabdaratnāmce

Some are oceans of sattva; some are storehouses (āgara) of intellect; some listeners are rich mines (vairāgara) of many verbal jewels (śabda-ratna).

जे नाना अर्थांबृताचे भोक्ते । जे प्रसंगीं वक्तयाचे वक्ते । नाना संशयातें छेदिते । निश्चै पुरुष

je nānā arthāmbṛtāce bhokte | je prasamgīm vaktayāce vakte | nānā samśayātem chedite | niścai puruṣa

They who enjoy the nectar (amṛta) of many meanings; who on occasion become speakers of the speaker; who sever the many doubts — men of fixed conclusion (niścaya).

ज्यांची धारणा अपार । जे ईश्वराचे अवतार । नांतरी प्रत्यक्ष सुरवर । बैसले जैसे

jyāmcī dhāraṇā apāra | je īśvarāce avatāra | nāmtarī pratyakṣa suravara | baisale jaise

Their retentive power (dhāraṇā) is boundless; they are avatāras of Īśvara; or else [they are] manifest celestials (suravara) seated here.

किं हे ऋषेश्वरांची मंडळी । शांतस्वरूप सत्वागळी । जयांचेनि सभामंडळीं । परम शोभा

kim he ṛṣeśvarāmcī mamḍaḷī | śāmtasvarūpa satvāgaḷī | jayāmceni sabhāmamḍaḷīm | parama śobhā

Or this is the assembly of great ṛṣis, peaceful in form, excelling in sattva; in whose assembly-circle there is supreme splendor.

हृदईं वेदगर्भ विलसे । मुखीं सरस्वती विळासे । साहित्य बोलतां जैसे । भासती देवगुरु

hṛdaīm vedagarbha vilase | mukhīm sarasvatī viḷāse | sāhitya bolatām jaise | bhāsatī devaguru

In their heart the Veda-womb sports; on their lips Sarasvatī plays; when they speak of literary matters, they seem like the teacher of the gods (deva-guru, Bṛhaspati).

जे पवित्रपणें वैश्वानर । जे स्फूर्तिकिरणाचे दिनकर । ज्ञातेपणें दृष्टीसमोरे । ब्रह्मांड न ये

je pavitrapaṇem vaiśvānara | je sphūrtikiraṇāce dinakara | jñātepaṇem dṛṣṭīsamore | brahmāmḍa na ye

They are the sacred Vaiśvānara (purifying fire); the sun of inspiration-rays (sphūrti-kiraṇa); before their knowing sight, the universe (brahmāṇḍa) does not suffice.

जे अखंड सावधान । जयांस त्रिकाळाचें ज्ञान । सर्वकाळ निराभिमान । आत्मज्ञानी

je akhamḍa sāvadhāna | jayāmsa trikāḷācem jñāna | sarvakāḷa nirābhimāna | ātmajñānī

Ever watchful (akhaṇḍa sāvadhāna); possessing knowledge of the three times (tri-kāla-jñāna); forever free of conceit (nirābhimāna); knowers of the Self (ātma-jñānī).

ज्यांचे दृष्टीखालून गेलें । ऐंसें कांहींच नाहीं उरलें । पदार्थमात्रांसी लक्षिलें । मनें जयांच्या

jyāmce dṛṣṭīkhālūna gelem | aimsem kāmhīmca nāhīm uralem | padārthamātrāmsī lakṣilem | manem jayāmcyā

Nothing has remained outside what their sight has passed over; every object and category has been marked by their mind.

जें जें कांहीं आठवावें । तें तें तयांस पूर्वीच ठावें । तेथें काये अनुवादावें । ज्ञातेपणेंकरूनी

jem jem kāmhīm āṭhavāvem | tem tem tayāmsa pūrvīca ṭhāvem | tethem kāye anuvādāvem | jñātepaṇemkarūnī

Whatever might be recollected — that they already know beforehand. What can be newly declared there, given their [already] knowing?

परंतु हे गुणग्राहिक । म्हणौन बोलतों निःशंक । भाग्यपुरुष काये येक । सेवीत नाहीं

paramtu he guṇagrāhika | mhaṇauna bolatom niḥśamka | bhāgyapuruṣa kāye yeka | sevīta nāhīm

Yet because they are gatherers of virtue (guṇa-grāhika), I speak without hesitation. What does the blessed person not partake of?

सदा सेविती दिव्यान्नें । पालटाकारणें आवेट अन्नें । तैसींच माझीं वचनें । पराकृतें

sadā sevitī divyānnem | pālaṭākāraṇem āveṭa annem | taisīmca mājhīm vacanem | parākṛtem

They who always consume divine food — for variety's sake also [accept] coarse food; likewise my words are [humble] like rustic speech (prākṛta).

आपुले शक्तिनुसार । भावें पुजावा परमेश्वर । परंतु पुजूं नये हा विचार । कोठेंचि नाहीं

āpule śaktinusāra | bhāvem pujāvā parameśvara | paramtu pujūm naye hā vicāra | koṭhemci nāhīm

According to one's own capacity (śakti-anusāra), with feeling (bhāva), one should worship the Lord; but the rule "one should not worship" has no place anywhere.

तैसा मी येक वाग्दुर्बळ । श्रोते परमेश्वरचि केवळ । यांची पूजा वाचाबरळ । करूं पाहे

taisā mī yeka vāgdurbaḷa | śrote parameśvaraci kevaḷa | yāmcī pūjā vācābaraḷa | karūm pāhe

Thus I, one weak in speech (vāk-durbala); and the listeners, themselves the very Lord (parameśvara); their worship with rambling words (vācā-baraḷa) I attempt.

वित्पत्ती नाहीं कळा नाहीं । चातुर्य नाहीं प्रबंद नाहीं । भक्ति ज्ञान वैराग्य नाहीं । गौल्यता नाहीं वचनाची

vitpattī nāhīm kaḷā nāhīm | cāturya nāhīm prabamda nāhīm | bhakti jñāna vairāgya nāhīm | gaulyatā nāhīm vacanācī

There is no learning (vyutpatti), no art (kalā); no cleverness (cāturya), no poetic composition (prabandha); no devotion, knowledge, or dispassion; no sweetness of utterance.

ऐसा माझा वाग्‌विळास । म्हणौन बोलतों सावकाश । भावाचा भोक्ता जगदीश । म्हणौनियां

aisā mājhā vāgviḷāsa | mhaṇauna bolatom sāvakāśa | bhāvācā bhoktā jagadīśa | mhaṇauniyām

Such is my verbal play (vāg-vilāsa); therefore I speak at leisure. The Lord-of-the-world (jagadīśa) is an enjoyer of bhāva — therefore [I proceed].

तुम्ही श्रोते जगदीशमूर्ति । तेथें माझी वित्पत्ती किती । बुद्धिहीण अल्पमती । सलगी करितों

tumhī śrote jagadīśamūrti | tethem mājhī vitpattī kitī | buddhihīṇa alpamatī | salagī karitom

You, O listeners, are the image (mūrti) of Jagadīśa; what learning do I have before that? Being of low intellect and small wit, I take liberty (salagī).

समर्थाचा पुत्र मूर्ख जगीं । परी सामर्थ्य असे त्याचा आंगीं । तुम्हां संतांचा सलगी । म्हणौनि करितों

samarthācā putra mūrkha jagīm | parī sāmarthya ase tyācā āmgīm | tumhām samtāmcā salagī | mhaṇauni karitom

A mighty father may have a foolish son in the world; yet the [mighty] power is in his limbs. With you, O saints, I take this liberty on that account.

व्याघ्र सिंह भयानक । देखोनि भयाचकित लोक । परी त्यांचीं पिलीं निःशंक । तयांपुढे खेळती

vyāghra simha bhayānaka | dekhoni bhayācakita loka | parī tyāmcīm pilīm niḥśamka | tayāmpuḍhe kheḷatī

Seeing the tiger and lion, terrible beings, people are seized with fear; but their own cubs play fearlessly before them.

तैसा मी संतांचा अंकित । तुम्हां संतांपासीं बोलत । तरी माझी चिंता तुमचे चित्त । वाहेलच कीं

taisā mī samtāmcā amkita | tumhām samtāmpāsīm bolata | tarī mājhī cimtā tumace citta | vāhelaca kīm

So I, the marked-one (ankita) of the saints, speak before you saints; my concern (cintā) your heart will surely bear.

आपलेंची बोले वाउगें । त्याची संपादणी करणें लागे । परंतु काहीं सांगणें नलगे । न्यून तें पूर्ण करावें

āpalemcī bole vāugem | tyācī sampādaṇī karaṇem lāge | paramtu kāhīm sāmgaṇem nalage | nyūna tem pūrṇa karāvem

When one speaks awkwardly of one's own [matter], someone must make it fit (sampādaṇī); but I need say nothing — whatever is lacking, you will yourselves complete.

हें तों प्रीतीचें लक्षण । स्वभावेंची करी मन । तैसे तुम्ही संतसज्जन । मायेबाप विश्वाचे

hem tom prītīcem lakṣaṇa | svabhāvemcī karī mana | taise tumhī samtasajjana | māyebāpa viśvāce

This is the mark of affection (prīti); the mind does it spontaneously; such are you, O saint-noble ones — mother-and-father (māye-bāpa) of the world.

माझा आशय जाणोनी जीवें । आतां उचित तें करावें । पुढें कथेसि अवधान द्यावें । म्हणे दासानुदास

mājhā āśaya jāṇonī jīvem | ātām ucita tem karāvem | puḍhem kathesi avadhāna dyāvem | mhaṇe dāsānudāsa

Knowing my intent (āśaya) in [your] very life, now do what is fitting. Give attention (avadhāna) to the coming narrative — so says the servant of servants (dāsānudāsa).