Dashak 4 · Samāsa 8

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मागां जालें निरूपण । सातवे भक्तीचें लक्षण । आतां ऐका सावधान । आठवी भक्ती

māgām jālem nirūpaṇa | sātave bhaktīcem lakṣaṇa | ātām aikā sāvadhāna | āṭhavī bhaktī

The seventh bhakti's sign was expounded; now listen attentively to the eighth bhakti.

देवासी परम सख्य करावें । प्रेम प्रीतीनें बांधावें । आठवे भक्तीचें जाणावें । लक्षण ऐसें

devāsī parama sakhya karāvem | prema prītīnem bāmdhāvem | āṭhave bhaktīcem jāṇāvem | lakṣaṇa aisem

*Parama-sakhya* (supreme friendship) should be made with God; bound by love and affection — know the sign of the eighth bhakti thus.

देवास जयाची अत्यंत प्रीती । आपण वर्तावें तेणें रीतीं । येणें करितां भगवंतीं । सख्य घडे नेमस्त

devāsa jayācī atyamta prītī | āpaṇa vartāvem teṇem rītīm | yeṇem karitām bhagavamtīm | sakhya ghaḍe nemasta

To whom God is extremely dear, one should behave in that manner; by this, friendship with Bhagavān is firmly set.

भक्ति भाव आणी भजन । निरूपण आणी कथाकीर्तन । प्रेमळ भक्तांचें गायन । आवडे देवा

bhakti bhāva āṇī bhajana | nirūpaṇa āṇī kathākīrtana | premaḷa bhaktāmcem gāyana | āvaḍe devā

Devotion, feeling, bhajana; exposition and kathā-kīrtana; songs of loving devotees — these God loves.

आपण तैसेंचि वर्तावें । आपणासि तेंच आवडावें । मनासारिखें होतां स्वभावें । सख्य घडे नेमस्त

āpaṇa taisemci vartāvem | āpaṇāsi temca āvaḍāvem | manāsārikhem hotām svabhāvem | sakhya ghaḍe nemasta

One should behave the same way; should love the same thing; when things become as God wishes, by nature — friendship is firmly set.

देवाच्या सख्यत्वाकारणें । आपलें सौख्य सोडून देणें । अनन्यभावें जीवें प्राणें । शरीर तेंहि वेंचावें

devācyā sakhyatvākāraṇem | āpalem saukhya soḍūna deṇem | ananyabhāvem jīvem prāṇem | śarīra temhi vemcāvem

For God's friendship, one should give up one's own comfort; with *ananya-bhāva*, in life and breath — even body should be spent.

सांडून आपली संसारवेथा । करित जावी देवाची चिंता । निरूपण कीर्तन कथा वार्ता । देवाच्याचि सांगाव्या

sāmḍūna āpalī samsāravethā | karita jāvī devācī cimtā | nirūpaṇa kīrtana kathā vārtā | devācyāci sāmgāvyā

Setting aside one's own samsāra-concerns, God's concern should be carried; exposition, kīrtana, kathā, talk — of God alone should be told.

देवाच्या सख्यत्वासाठीं । पडाव्या जिवलगांसी तुटी । सर्व अर्पावें, सेवटीं- । प्राण तोहि वेचावा

devācyā sakhyatvāsāṭhīm | paḍāvyā jivalagāmsī tuṭī | sarva arpāvem, sevaṭīm- | prāṇa tohi vecāvā

For the sake of God's friendship, even loved ones should be given up; all should be offered; finally — even prāṇa should be spent.

आपुलें आवघेंचि जावें । परी देवासी सख्य राहावें । ऐसी प्रीती जिवें भावें । भगवंतीं लागावी

āpulem āvaghemci jāvem | parī devāsī sakhya rāhāvem | aisī prītī jivem bhāvem | bhagavamtīm lāgāvī

Let all of ours go, but let friendship with God remain; such love in life and feeling should cling to Bhagavān.

देव म्हणिजे आपुला प्राण । प्राणासी न करावें निर्वाण । परम प्रीतीचें लक्षण । तें हें ऐसें असे

deva mhaṇije āpulā prāṇa | prāṇāsī na karāvem nirvāṇa | parama prītīcem lakṣaṇa | tem hem aisem ase

God means one's own prāṇa; prāṇa should not be taken away; know the sign of supreme love thus.

ऐसें परम सख्य धरितां । देवास लागे भक्ताची चिंता । पांडव लाखाजोहरीं जळतां । विवरद्वारें काढिले

aisem parama sakhya dharitām | devāsa lāge bhaktācī cimtā | pāmḍava lākhājoharīm jaḷatām | vivaradvārem kāḍhile

Holding such supreme friendship, God becomes concerned for the devotee; when the Pāṇḍavas burned in the lac-house, God brought them out through a tunnel-door.

देव सख्यत्वें राहे आपणासी । तें तों वर्म आपणाचि पासी । आपण वचनें बोलावीं जैसीं । तैसीं येती पडसादें

deva sakhyatvem rāhe āpaṇāsī | tem tom varma āpaṇāci pāsī | āpaṇa vacanem bolāvīm jaisīm | taisīm yetī paḍasādem

God stays in friendship with you; that key is with you alone; whatever words you speak — such echoes come back.

आपण असतां अनन्यभावें । देव तत्काळचि पावे । आपण त्रास घेतां जीवें । देवहि त्रासे

āpaṇa asatām ananyabhāvem | deva tatkāḷaci pāve | āpaṇa trāsa ghetām jīvem | devahi trāse

When you are *ananya-bhāva*, God reaches you instantly; when you are weary in life, God too is weary.

श्लोक ॥ ये यथा मां प्रपद्यंते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् । जैसें जयाचे भजन । तैसाचि देवहि आपण । म्हणौन हें आवघें जाण । आपणाचि पासीं

śloka || ye yathā mām prapadyamte tāmstathaiva bhajāmyaham | jaisem jayāce bhajana | taisāci devahi āpaṇa | mhaṇauna hem āvaghem jāṇa | āpaṇāci pāsīm

[Śloka] 'ye yathā mām prapadyante tāms tathaiva bhajāmy aham' — as one worships him, so God becomes to him; know all this is with you alone.

आपुल्या मनासारिखें न घडे । तेणें गुणें निष्ठा मोडे । तरी गोष्टी आपणांकडे । सहजचि आली

āpulyā manāsārikhem na ghaḍe | teṇem guṇem niṣṭhā moḍe | tarī goṣṭī āpaṇāmkaḍe | sahajaci ālī

When things do not go as per one's mind, faith breaks; but the matter is really with oneself — it comes naturally.

मेघ चातकावरी वोळेना । तरी चातक पालटेना । चंद्र वेळेसि उगवेना । तऱ्ही चकोर अनन्य

megha cātakāvarī voḷenā | tarī cātaka pālaṭenā | camdra veḷesi ugavenā | taṟhī cakora ananya

If the cloud does not rain on the *cātaka*, the *cātaka* does not change; if the moon does not rise at the time, the *cakora* is still ananya.

ऐसें असावें सख्यत्व । विवेकें धरावें सत्व । भगवंतावरील ममत्व । सांडूंचि नये

aisem asāvem sakhyatva | vivekem dharāvem satva | bhagavamtāvarīla mamatva | sāmḍūmci naye

Such should be friendship; hold the sattva with discernment; do not give up *mamatva* toward Bhagavān.

सखा मानावा भगवंत । माता पिता गण गोत । विद्या लक्ष्मी धन वित्त । सकळ परमात्मा

sakhā mānāvā bhagavamta | mātā pitā gaṇa gota | vidyā lakṣmī dhana vitta | sakaḷa paramātmā

Consider Bhagavān as friend, mother, father, kin, kinship; knowledge, Lakṣmī, wealth, money — all is Paramātmā.

देवावेगळें कोणीं नाहीं । ऐसें बोलती सर्वहि । परंतु त्यांची निष्ठा कांहीं । तैसीच नसे

devāvegaḷem koṇīm nāhīm | aisem bolatī sarvahi | paramtu tyāmcī niṣṭhā kāmhīm | taisīca nase

'Nothing is apart from God' — all say this; but their faith is not that much of that kind.

म्हणौनी ऐसें न करावें । सख्य तरी खरेंचि करावें । अंतरीं सदृढ धरावें । परमेश्वरासी

mhaṇaunī aisem na karāvem | sakhya tarī kharemci karāvem | amtarīm sadṛḍha dharāvem | parameśvarāsī

Therefore do not act thus; make friendship genuine; within, hold firmly to Parameśvara.

आपुलिया मनोगताकारणें । देवावरी क्रोधास येणें । ऐसीं नव्हेत किं लक्षणें । सख्यभक्तीचीं

āpuliyā manogatākāraṇem | devāvarī krodhāsa yeṇem | aisīm navheta kim lakṣaṇem | sakhyabhaktīcīm

Because of one's own wishes, getting angry with God — such are not the signs of *sakhya-bhakti*.

देवाचें जें मनोगत । तेंचि आपुलें उचित । इच्छेसाठीं भगवंत । अंतरूं नये कीं

devācem jem manogata | temci āpulem ucita | icchesāṭhīm bhagavamta | amtarūm naye kīm

Whatever is God's wish — that is one's own proper course; one should not distance Bhagavān for one's desires.

देवाचे इच्छेनें वर्तावें । देव करील तें मानावें । मग सहजचि स्वभावें । कृपाळु देव

devāce icchenem vartāvem | deva karīla tem mānāvem | maga sahajaci svabhāvem | kṛpāḷu deva

Behave by God's will; accept what God does; then spontaneously — God is compassionate.

पाहातां देवाचे कृपेसी । मातेची कृपा कायेसी । माता वधी बाळकासी । विपत्तिकाळीं

pāhātām devāce kṛpesī | mātecī kṛpā kāyesī | mātā vadhī bāḷakāsī | vipattikāḷīm

Seeing God's compassion, what is the mother's compassion? A mother may kill her child in calamity-time.

देवें भक्त कोण वधिला । कधीं देखिला ना ऐकिला । शरणागतांस देव जाला । वज्रपंजरु

devem bhakta koṇa vadhilā | kadhīm dekhilā nā aikilā | śaraṇāgatāmsa deva jālā | vajrapamjaru

Which devotee has God killed? Never seen or heard; to the refuge-takers, God becomes an adamant-cage.

देव भक्तांचा कैवारी । देव पतितांसि तारी । देव होये साहाकारी । अनाथांचा

deva bhaktāmcā kaivārī | deva patitāmsi tārī | deva hoye sāhākārī | anāthāmcā

God is the partisan of devotees; God saves the fallen; God becomes the helper of the orphaned.

देव अनाथांचा कैपक्षी । नाना संकटांपासून रक्षी । धांविन्नला अंतरसाक्षी । गजेंद्राकारणें

deva anāthāmcā kaipakṣī | nānā samkaṭāmpāsūna rakṣī | dhāmvinnalā amtarasākṣī | gajemdrākāraṇem

God is the protector of the orphaned; protects from many calamities; as inner-witness, He ran — for the sake of Gajendra.

देव कृपेचा सागरु । देव करुणेचा जळधरु । देवासि भक्तांचा विसरु । पडणार नाहीं

deva kṛpecā sāgaru | deva karuṇecā jaḷadharu | devāsi bhaktāmcā visaru | paḍaṇāra nāhīm

God is the ocean of compassion; the cloud of compassion; God will not forget His devotees.

देव प्रीती राखों जाणे । देवासी करावें साजणें । जिवलगें आवघीं पिसुणें । कामा न येती

deva prītī rākhom jāṇe | devāsī karāvem sājaṇem | jivalagem āvaghīm pisuṇem | kāmā na yetī

God knows how to protect love; one should be friend to God; other loved ones, all are slanderers — they are not of use.

सख्य देवाचें तुटीना । प्रीति देवाची विटेना । देव कदा पालटेना । शरणागतांसी

sakhya devācem tuṭīnā | prīti devācī viṭenā | deva kadā pālaṭenā | śaraṇāgatāmsī

God's friendship does not break; God's love does not spoil; God never changes — toward those who have taken refuge.

म्हणौनि सख्य देवासी करावें । हितगुज तयासी सांगावें । आठवे भक्तीचें जाणावें । लक्षण ऐसें

mhaṇauni sakhya devāsī karāvem | hitaguja tayāsī sāmgāvem | āṭhave bhaktīcem jāṇāvem | lakṣaṇa aisem

Therefore friendship should be made with God; secrets of good should be told to Him; know the sign of the eighth bhakti thus.

जैसा देव तैसा गुरु । शास्त्रीं बोलिला हा विचारु । म्हणौन सख्यत्वाचा प्रकारु । सद्गुरूसीं असावा

jaisā deva taisā guru | śāstrīm bolilā hā vicāru | mhaṇauna sakhyatvācā prakāru | sadgurūsīm asāvā

'As is Deva, so is Guru' — this reasoning is spoken in śāstras; therefore the way of friendship should also be with the Sadguru.