Dashak 4 · Samāsa 1

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जयजय जी गणनाथा । तूं विद्यावैभवें समर्था । अध्यात्मविद्येच्या परमार्था । मज बोलवावें

jayajaya jī gaṇanāthā | tūm vidyāvaibhavem samarthā | adhyātmavidyecyā paramārthā | maja bolavāvem

Victory to Gaṇanātha, you mighty in knowledge-wealth; let me speak of the ultimate of adhyātma-vidyā.

नमूं शारदा वेदजननी । सकळ सिद्धि जयेचेनी । मानस प्रवर्तलें मननीं । स्फूर्तिरूपें

namūm śāradā vedajananī | sakaḷa siddhi jayecenī | mānasa pravartalem mananīm | sphūrtirūpem

I bow to Śāradā, mother of Vedas; by whom all accomplishments arise; mind engages in contemplation, as inspiration-form.

आतां आठऊं सद्गुरु । जो पराचाहि परु । जयाचेनि ज्ञानविचारु । कळों लागे

ātām āṭhaūm sadguru | jo parācāhi paru | jayāceni jñānavicāru | kaḷom lāge

Now I recall the Sadguru, who is beyond the beyond; by whom jñāna-reasoning begins to be understood.

श्रोतेन पुसिलें बरवें । भगवद्भजन कैसें करावें । म्हणौनि बोलिलें स्वभावें । ग्रंथांतरीं

śrotena pusilem baravem | bhagavadbhajana kaisem karāvem | mhaṇauni bolilem svabhāvem | gramthāmtarīm

The listener asked well, 'how should Bhagavad-bhajana be done?' — so in this text, it is naturally spoken.

सावध होऊन श्रोतेजन । ऐका नवविधा भजन । सत्‌शास्त्रीं बोलिले, पावन- । होईजे येणें

sāvadha hoūna śrotejana | aikā navavidhā bhajana | satśāstrīm bolile, pāvana- | hoīje yeṇem

Being attentive, listeners, hear the nine-fold bhajana; spoken in sat-śāstras — by it one is purified.

श्लोक ॥ श्रवणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः स्मरणं पादसेवनम् । अर्चनं वंदनं दास्यं सख्यमात्मनिवेदनम् ॥ नवविधा भजन बोलिलें । तेंचि पुढें प्रांजळ केलें । श्रोतीं अवधान दिधलें । पाहिजे आतां

śloka || śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam pādasevanam | arcanam vamdanam dāsyam sakhyamātmanivedanam || navavidhā bhajana bolilem | temci puḍhem prāmjaḷa kelem | śrotīm avadhāna didhalem | pāhije ātām

[Śloka] 'śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam pāda-sevanam | arcanam vandanam dāsyam sakhyam ātma-nivedanam' — nine-fold bhajana is spoken; that is now clarified; listeners, give attention.

प्रथम भजन ऐसें जाण । हरिकथापुराणश्रवण । नाना अध्यात्मनिरूपण । ऐकत जावें

prathama bhajana aisem jāṇa | harikathāpurāṇaśravaṇa | nānā adhyātmanirūpaṇa | aikata jāvem

The first bhajana — know thus: Hari-kathā and Purāṇa-hearing; many adhyātma expositions — one should continue to hear.

कर्ममार्ग उपासनामार्ग । ज्ञानमार्ग सिद्धांतमार्ग । योगमार्ग वैराग्यमार्ग । ऐकत जावे

karmamārga upāsanāmārga | jñānamārga siddhāmtamārga | yogamārga vairāgyamārga | aikata jāve

Karma-mārga, upāsanā-mārga, jñāna-mārga, siddhānta-mārga, yoga-mārga, vairāgya-mārga — one should continue to hear them.

नाना व्रतांचे महिमे । नाना तीर्थांचे महिमे । नाना दानांचे महिमे । ऐकत जावे

nānā vratāmce mahime | nānā tīrthāmce mahime | nānā dānāmce mahime | aikata jāve

The glories of many vratas, many pilgrimages, many charities — one should continue to hear.

नाना माहात्म्यें नाना स्थानें । नाना मंत्र नाना साधनें । नाना तपें पुरश्चरणें । ऐकत जावीं

nānā māhātmyem nānā sthānem | nānā mamtra nānā sādhanem | nānā tapem puraścaraṇem | aikata jāvīm

Many mahātmya-glories, many holy sites, many mantras, many sādhanas, many austerities and mantra-purifications — one should hear.

दुग्धाहारी निराहारी । फळाहारी पर्णाहारी । तृणाहारी नानाहारी । कैसे ते ऐकावे

dugdhāhārī nirāhārī | phaḷāhārī parṇāhārī | tṛṇāhārī nānāhārī | kaise te aikāve

Milk-dieters, foodless, fruit-eaters, leaf-eaters, grass-eaters, varied-eaters — how they are — should be heard.

उष्णवास जळवास । सीतवास आरण्यवास । भूगर्भ आणी आकाशवास । कैसे ते ऐकावे

uṣṇavāsa jaḷavāsa | sītavāsa āraṇyavāsa | bhūgarbha āṇī ākāśavāsa | kaise te aikāve

Heat-dwellers, water-dwellers, cold-dwellers, forest-dwellers, earth-cavern and sky-dwellers — how they are — should be heard.

जपी तपी तामस योगी । नाना निग्रह हटयोगी । शाक्तआगम आघोरयोगी । कैसे ते ऐकावे

japī tapī tāmasa yogī | nānā nigraha haṭayogī | śāktaāgama āghorayogī | kaise te aikāve

Japa-doers, tapasvīs, tāmasic yogis, many niyama-practitioners, haṭha-yogis, śākta, āgora-yogis — how they are — should be heard.

नाना मुद्रा नाना आसनें । नाना देखणीं लक्षस्थानें । पिंडज्ञानें तत्वज्ञानें । कैसीं तें ऐकावीं

nānā mudrā nānā āsanem | nānā dekhaṇīm lakṣasthānem | pimḍajñānem tatvajñānem | kaisīm tem aikāvīm

Many mudrās, many āsanas, visions, concentration-points; body-knowledge, tattva-knowledge — how they are — should be heard.

नाना पिंडांची रचना । नाना भूगोळरचना । नाना सृष्टीची रचना । कैसी ते ऐकावी

nānā pimḍāmcī racanā | nānā bhūgoḷaracanā | nānā sṛṣṭīcī racanā | kaisī te aikāvī

Many piṇḍa-constructions, many earth-constructions, many sṛṣṭi-constructions — how they are — should be heard.

चंद्र सूर्य तारामंडळें । ग्रहमंडळें मेघमंडळें । येकवीस स्वर्गें सप्त पाताळें । कैसीं ते ऐकावीं

camdra sūrya tārāmamḍaḷem | grahamamḍaḷem meghamamḍaḷem | yekavīsa svargem sapta pātāḷem | kaisīm te aikāvīm

Moon, Sun, star-constellations, planet-orbits, cloud-orbits, twenty-one heavens, seven patālas — how they are — should be heard.

ब्रह्माविष्णुमहेशस्थानें । इन्द्रदेवऋषीस्थानें । वायोवरुणकुबेरस्थानें । कैसीं ते ऐकावीं ॥ १७ । नव खंडे चौदा भुवनें । अष्ट दिग्पाळांची स्थानें । नाना वनें उपवनें गहनें । कैसीं ते ऐकावीं

brahmāviṣṇumaheśasthānem | indradevaṛṣīsthānem | vāyovaruṇakuberasthānem | kaisīm te aikāvīm || 17 | nava khamḍe caudā bhuvanem | aṣṭa digpāḷāmcī sthānem | nānā vanem upavanem gahanem | kaisīm te aikāvīm

Abodes of Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Maheśa; of Indra, Rṣis; of Vāyu, Varuṇa, Kubera — how they are — should be heard. Nine continents, fourteen bhuvanas, eight diśā-rulers' abodes, forests, groves, thickets — should be heard.

गण गंधर्व विद्याधर । येक्ष किन्नर नारद तुंबर । अष्ट नायका संगीतविचार । कैसा तो ऐकावा

gaṇa gamdharva vidyādhara | yekṣa kinnara nārada tumbara | aṣṭa nāyakā samgītavicāra | kaisā to aikāvā

Gaṇas, gandharvas, vidyādharas; yakṣas, kinnaras, Nārada, Tumburu; eight nāyikās of music — how they are — should be heard.

रागज्ञान ताळज्ञान । नृत्यज्ञान वाद्यज्ञान । अमृतवेळ प्रसंगज्ञान । कैसें तें ऐकावें

rāgajñāna tāḷajñāna | nṛtyajñāna vādyajñāna | amṛtaveḷa prasamgajñāna | kaisem tem aikāvem

Rāga-knowledge, tāla-knowledge, nṛtya-knowledge, vādya-knowledge; ambrosial-time, occasion-knowledge — how it is — should be heard.

चौदा विद्या चौसष्टी कळा । सामुद्रिक लक्षणें सकळ कळा । बत्तीस लक्षणें नाना कळा । कैशा त्या ऐकाव्या

caudā vidyā causaṣṭī kaḷā | sāmudrika lakṣaṇem sakaḷa kaḷā | battīsa lakṣaṇem nānā kaḷā | kaiśā tyā aikāvyā

Fourteen sciences, sixty-four arts; sāmudrika marks, all skills; thirty-two marks, many skills — how they are — should be heard.

मंत्र मोहरे तोटके सिद्धी । नाना वल्ली नाना औषधी । धातु रसायण बुद्धी । नाडिज्ञानें ऐकावीं

mamtra mohare toṭake siddhī | nānā vallī nānā auṣadhī | dhātu rasāyaṇa buddhī | nāḍijñānem aikāvīm

Mantras, seals, prognostications, siddhis; many herbs, many medicines; metals, rasāyana wisdom; pulse-knowledge — should be heard.

कोण्या दोषें कोण रोग । कोणा रोगास कोण प्रयोग । कोण्या प्रयोगास कोण योग । साधे तो ऐकावा

koṇyā doṣem koṇa roga | koṇā rogāsa koṇa prayoga | koṇyā prayogāsa koṇa yoga | sādhe to aikāvā

What fault causes what disease; what treatment for what disease; what yoga brings what effect — should be heard.

रवरवादि कुंभपाक । नाना यातना येमेलोक । सुखसुःखादि स्वर्गनर्क । कैसा तो ऐकावा

ravaravādi kumbhapāka | nānā yātanā yemeloka | sukhasuḥkhādi svarganarka | kaisā to aikāvā

Raurava and kumbhīpāka; many tortures of Yama's world; happiness-sorrow-etc. of heaven-and-hell — should be heard.

कैशा नवविधा भक्ती । कैशा चतुर्विधा मुक्ती । कैसी पाविजे उत्तम गती । ऐसें हें ऐकावें

kaiśā navavidhā bhaktī | kaiśā caturvidhā muktī | kaisī pāvije uttama gatī | aisem hem aikāvem

How the nine-fold bhakti is; how the four-fold mukti is; how the highest state is attained — thus should be heard.

पिंडब्रह्मांडाची रचना । नाना तत्वविवंचना । सारासारविचारणा । कैसी ते ऐकावी

pimḍabrahmāmḍācī racanā | nānā tatvavivamcanā | sārāsāravicāraṇā | kaisī te aikāvī

Constructions of piṇḍa and brahmāṇḍa; investigation of many tattvas; reasoning of essence-and-non-essence — should be heard.

सायोज्यता मुक्ती कैसी होते । कैसें पाविजे मोक्षातें । याकारणें नाना मतें । शोधित जावीं

sāyojyatā muktī kaisī hote | kaisem pāvije mokṣātem | yākāraṇem nānā matem | śodhita jāvīm

How does sāyojya-mukti happen; how is mokṣa attained; for this one should investigate many doctrines.

वेद शास्त्रें आणी पुराणें । माहावाक्याचीं विवरणें । तनुशतुष्टयनिर्शनें । कैसीं ते ऐकावीं

veda śāstrem āṇī purāṇem | māhāvākyācīm vivaraṇem | tanuśatuṣṭayanirśanem | kaisīm te aikāvīm

Vedas, śāstras, Purāṇas; expositions of mahāvākyas; examinations of the four-body — should be heard.

ऐसें हें अवघेंचि ऐकावें । परंतु सार शोधून घ्यावें । असार तें जाणोनि त्यागावें । या नांव श्रवणभक्ति

aisem hem avaghemci aikāvem | paramtu sāra śodhūna ghyāvem | asāra tem jāṇoni tyāgāvem | yā nāmva śravaṇabhakti

**All this should be heard — but extract the essence; knowing the non-essence, renounce it — this is called śravaṇa-bhakti.**

सगुणाचीं चरित्रें ऐकावीं । कां तें निर्गुण अध्यात्में शोधावीं । श्रवणभक्तीचीं जाणावीं । लक्षणें ऐसीं

saguṇācīm caritrem aikāvīm | kām tem nirguṇa adhyātmem śodhāvīm | śravaṇabhaktīcīm jāṇāvīm | lakṣaṇem aisīm

Saguṇa-deity-stories should be heard; or nirguṇa investigated in adhyātma; such are the signs of śravaṇa-bhakti.

सगुण देवांचीं चरित्रें । निर्गुणाचीं तत्वें यंत्रें । हे दोनी परम पवित्रें । ऐकत जावीं

saguṇa devāmcīm caritrem | nirguṇācīm tatvem yamtrem | he donī parama pavitrem | aikata jāvīm

Saguṇa-deity stories, nirguṇa-tattva-yantras — both are supremely pure; continue to hear them.

जयंत्या उपोषणें नाना साधनें । मंत्र यंत्र जप ध्यानें । कीर्ति स्तुती स्तवनें भजनें । नानाविधें ऐकावीं

jayamtyā upoṣaṇem nānā sādhanem | mamtra yamtra japa dhyānem | kīrti stutī stavanem bhajanem | nānāvidhem aikāvīm

Jayantīs, upavāsas, many sādhanas; mantras, yantras, japa, dhyāna; fame, praise, stotras, bhajanas of many kinds — should be heard.

ऐसें श्रवण सगुणाचें । अध्यात्मनिरूपण निर्गुणाचें । विभक्ती सांडून भक्तीचें । मूळ शोधावें

aisem śravaṇa saguṇācem | adhyātmanirūpaṇa nirguṇācem | vibhaktī sāmḍūna bhaktīcem | mūḷa śodhāvem

Such is the hearing of saguṇa, the exposition of nirguṇa; abandoning separation — seek the root of bhakti.

श्रवणभक्तीचें निरूपण । निरोपिलें असे जाण । पुढें कीर्तन भजनाचें लक्षण । बोलिलें असे

śravaṇabhaktīcem nirūpaṇa | niropilem ase jāṇa | puḍhem kīrtana bhajanācem lakṣaṇa | bolilem ase

The exposition of śravaṇa-bhakti — this has been given; next, the signs of kīrtana-bhajana are spoken.