Relationships & Family
What the five voices say — 433 passages.
Tukārām
- Abhanga 2467
- Abhanga 2471
- Abhanga 2477 — English: Unceasingly attached, drum-roll in courtyard — holding vaikharī in hand, bhāva shows the toy.
- Abhanga 2401 — English: Taking sugar's name knows the sweetness — such is our association with Vaiṣṇavas.
- Abhanga 2480 — English: Let people's words be on my head — Viṭhābā'ī is fine for me.
- Abhanga 2570
- Abhanga 3071 — Bāḷapaṇe aisīm varuṣe gelīm bārā — such 12 years passed in bāḷapaṇa; kheḷatām yā pōrā nānā mate — playing in n
- Abhanga 4021 — Tukā mhaṇe signature, sahaja Tukayā self name, Nāma tāraka bhava sindhu canonical, Viṭṭhala tāraka bhava sin
- Abhanga 4201 — Tukā mhaṇe signature, samsāra with mahatva — uṇa not clear to people, pavitra paṇa only to own family — outs
- Abhanga 4208 — Tukā mhaṇe signature, bhakta as child mother no other mind, from lap removed can't stay — mother fulfils thi
- Abhanga 4213 — Tukēm hī lapālēm signature, flames from all sides — surround jāḷa close, sukumāra Śrī Krṣṇa dhākuṭī — ghonga
- Abhanga 4242 — Tukā mhaṇe signature, gandharva nagarī — kṣaṇa foundation mūḷa kṣatra, khapuṣpa pūjā to nirguṇa — please Lak
- Abhanga 4469 — Poor-vipra-tormented — child-in-house.
- Abhanga 4471 — Tukā mhaṇe signature, hīna vara bīja vara — samsāra akhanḍa kahānī, child husband too young — plays with chi
- Abhanga 4528 — Tukā mhaṇe signature, suddenly saw bhujanga — fled, Lord takes out of Yamunā — waves to friends, come near
- Abhanga 2325 — English: The children spoke — fool's crooked words.
- Abhanga 2376 — English: When mother lets-go — where to go by force — one's own strength is not enough.
- Abhanga 2405 — English: The scorpion stings with its tail — whose fault is on whose body.
- Abhanga 2411 — English: Sit with back-turned — mind does as it likes.
- Abhanga 2456
- Abhanga 2472
- Abhanga 2543
- Abhanga 2545
- Abhanga 2584
- Abhanga 3052 — Tukārām's anti-distorted-priorities polemic. (He) does not think of Deva's clothes even in svapna — but he sen
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Dāsabodha
- Dashak 3 · Samāsa 3 — Second marriage occurred; previous sorrow forgotten; he settled in considering samsāra happiness.
- Dashak 3 · Samāsa 4 — Children grew many; then Lakṣmī departed; the poor ones fell to begging; nothing to eat was available.
- Dashak 8 · Samāsa 1 — Listeners, be attentive; pure jñāna, child-instruction (bālabodha); the dialogue of guru and disciple — listen
- Dashak 14 · Samāsa 3 — Poetry is a word-flower-garland; meaning — the fragrance is supreme. / By it, the saint-bee-family — rejoices.
Jñāneśvarī
- BG-1.1 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra's Question (the Gītā's opening symptom) — dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ (DHṚTARĀṢṬRA, nominative-singular — the BLIND-KING, the only speaker of the entire Gītā's opening
- BG-1.24-27 — Arjuna Beholds His Kin and Sinks — sañjayaḥ uvāca (SAÑJAYA SPOKE — the frame-narrator's tag returning the speech to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's blind court; th
- BG-1.37 — "How Could We Be Happy, Having Slain Our Own?" — Arjuna's Refusal — tasmāt (THEREFORE, ablative-of-cause — the iconic CONCLUSION-PARTICLE closing Arjuna's chain of reasoning from
- Cluster 0024 — BG-1.38-39 — Arjuna's "Those Who See Must Turn Back" — yadyapi (EVEN-THOUGH / GRANTED-THAT, concessive-particle yadi 'if' + api 'even' — opening Arjuna's two-verse i
- BG-1.40 — Arjuna's Cascade: When the Clan Falls, Dharma Falls — kula-kṣaye (IN-THE-DESTRUCTION-OF-THE-FAMILY, locative-singular-compound — kula 'clan/lineage' + kṣaya 'ruin/p
- BG-1.41 — Arjuna's Fear: Corrupted Women, Mingled Castes — adharma-abhibhavāt (FROM-THE-OVERPOWERING-OF-ADHARMA, ablative-of-cause compound — adharma 'un-dharma, lawless
- BG-1.42 — Caste-Mixing, Hell, and the Fall of the Ancestors — sankaraḥ (CASTE-MIXING / CONFUSION-OF-ORDER, nominative-singular from sam-√kṝ 'to pour-together, intermix' — t
- BG-1.43-45 — Arjuna's Final Strokes: Dharma-Ruin, Hell, and the Self-Verdict — doṣaiḥ (BY-THE-FAULTS, instrumental-plural from doṣa 'fault/defect' — the iconic INSTRUMENTAL-CAUSE marker nam
- Cluster 0035 — BG-2.4 — *katham bhīṣmam aham sankhye droṇam ca madhusūdana — iṣubhiḥ prati yotsyāmi pūjārhāv arisūdana* — arjuna uvāca (ARJUNA SPOKE — the dialogue-marker re-opening Arjuna's voice; this whole cluster is Arjuna reply
- BG-2.7 — Arjuna's Surrender: "I Am Your Disciple, Instruct Me" — kārpaṇya-doṣa-upahata-svabhāvaḥ (WHOSE-OWN-NATURE-IS-STRUCK-DOWN-BY-THE-FAULT-OF-PITIABLE-WEAKNESS, nominative
- BG-2.13 — The Self Continuous Through Childhood, Youth, and Age — dehinaḥ (OF-THE-EMBODIED-ONE, genitive-singular from dehin 'one-who-has-a-body' = the ātman as possessor-of-a-
- Cluster 0045 — BG-2.14 — *mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ — āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāms titikṣasva bhārata* — mātrā-sparśāḥ (THE-SENSE-CONTACTS, nominative-plural-compound — mātrā 'measure / sense-faculty / that-which-me
- BG-2.22 — The Worn Garment Discarded for a New One — vāsāmsi (GARMENTS / CLOTHES, accusative-plural neuter from vāsas — the iconic CLOTH-IMAGE noun naming the disc
- Cluster 0141 — Adhyāya 4 Preamble (Jñāneśvar's mangalācaraṇa to Jñāna-karma-samnyāsa-yoga) — Not applicable — this cluster is the mangalācaraṇa-style narrative opening of adhyāya 4 (Jñāna-karma-samnyāsa-
- Cluster 0144 — That same ancient (purātana) yoga has been declared to you (te) by me (mayā) today (adya); because you are my
- Cluster 0187 — BG-5.4 — *Sānkhya-yoga-ekatva*: Only the foolish divide them — The childish (bālāḥ) — not the wise (na paṇḍitāḥ) — declare (pravadanti) sānkhya and yoga to be separate (pṛth
- Cluster 0209 — BG-5.29 + chapter-5 colophon — (29) Having known Me (jñātvā mām) as the Enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities (bhoktāram yajña-tapasām),
- Cluster 0216 — One should LIFT-UP (uddharet) the self (ātmānam) BY THE SELF (ātmanā); one should NOT cause-the-self-to-sink (
- Cluster 0218 — BG-6.7 — For the one whose self is conquered (jitātmanaḥ) and who is fully-pacified (praśāntasya), the supreme-Self is
- Cluster 0220 — BG-6.9 — One whose understanding is equal (sama-buddhiḥ) in regard to the well-wisher (suhṛd), friend (mitra), enemy (a
- Cluster 0234 — BG-6.24 — Abandoning (tyaktvā) all (sarvān) desires (kāmān) born-of-sankalpa (sankalpa-prabhavān), without-remainder (aś
- Cluster 0235 — BG-6.25-26 — Gradually-gradually (śanaiḥ śanaiḥ) one-should-cease-activity (uparamet) by-the-buddhi (buddhyā) grasped-by-dh
- Cluster 0245 — BG-6.40 — The Blessed Lord said: O Pārtha, neither here (iha) nor hereafter (amutra) is there destruction (vinaśaḥ) for
- Cluster 0247 — Or-else (athavā) [the yoga-bhraṣṭa is born] in-the-family (kule) of-the-wise (dhīmatām) yogis-themselves (yogi
- Cluster 0249 — But (tu) the yogi (yōgī) striving (yatamānaḥ) with-effort (prayatnāt), purified-of-stain (samśuddha-kilbiṣaḥ),
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Aṣṭāvakra
- They Cannot Give You Yourself — From Part 5: On Relationships
- The Gap Between What They Did and What You Made of It — From Part 5: On Relationships
- Love Without Need — From Part 5: On Relationships
- Watching a Parent Die — From Part 8: On Aging and Death
Guru Charitra
- Chapter 5 — Birth of Shripad Shrivallabha — Literal. A Brahmin named Apalraj lives at Peethapur with his devoted wife Sumatha. On an Amavasya day, during
- Chapter 7 — Soumini and Madayanti at Gokarna — Literal. A king of the Ikshwaku family, after killing a demon, is cursed by the demon's brother into eating hu
- Chapter 9 — A Washerman Blessed to be a King — Literal. A washerman at Kuravpur is a great devotee of Shri Guru. He watches a Muslim king pass by with his ha
- Chapter 11 — Birth of Shri Narasimha Saraswati — Literal. Ambika of Karanja in Berar (the Brahmani from Chapter 8, reborn as Shripad foretold) marries Madhava.
- Chapter 13 — Brahmin's Colic Pain Subsided — Literal. Shri Guru travels south, blesses his sister Ratnai (predicting her future leprosy and meeting at Papv
- Chapter 20 — A Brahmani Relieved from Brahmahatya and Gets Issues — Literal. Gangahar, a Brahmin at Shirol, has a wife who repeatedly loses children at birth. A Brahmin tells her
- Chapter 21 — The Dead Child Became Alive — Literal. Continues from Chapter 20. The mother refuses to give the dead child for funeral, ties his body to he
- Chapter 23 — Liberation of Brahma-Rakshas; Establishment of Math at Gangapur — Literal. News of the buffalo-milk miracle spreads. The town's Gramadhipati (chief officer) comes to Shri Guru
- Chapter 33 — A Devoted Concubine — Literal. The young Brahmin couple ask about the rudraksha beads. Shri Guru explains the significance of rudrak
- Chapter 38 — Four Thousand Fed with Food of 3 Seers Only — Literal. A poor Brahmin named Bhaskar at Ganagapur wishes to do Samaradhna (feeding of Brahmins) for Shri Guru
- Chapter 39 — 60-Year-Old Sterile Woman Begets Children — Literal. Ganga, a 60-year-old Brahmin woman of Shounak Gotra, comes daily to Shri Guru. Asked her wish, she sa
- Chapter 43 — Tantuk's Shri Shailya Yatra on Maha Shivaratri — Literal. Tantuk, a weaver, is one of Shri Guru's devotees. On Maha Shivaratri, his family leaves for Shri Shai
- Chapter 47 — Parbati Had Bumper Crops Even in Scarcity — Literal. Parbati, a farmer in Ganagapur, asks Shri Guru to look at his crop; Shri Guru says: if you have faith
- Chapter 48 — Amarja Sangam and the Greatness of Ganagapur — Literal. Shri Guru, on Ashvin Vad 14, tells the disciple: we shall bathe at trishali (3 holy places — Prayag,