Abhanga 147
Two precise teachings live in this abhang.
The verse
काम सारूनि सकळ । आले अवघे गोपाळ । जाली आतां वेळ । म्हणती आणा सिदोर्या ॥१॥ देती आपुलाला झाडा । गाई बैसविल्या वाडां । दोंदिल बोबडा । वांकड्याचा हरि मेळीं ॥ध्रु.॥ आपुलालिये आवडी । मुदा बांधल्या परवडी । निवडूनियां गोडी । हरि मेळवी त्यांत तें ॥२॥ भार वागविला खांदीं । नव्हती मिळाली जों मांदी । सकाळांचे संदी । वोझीं अवघीं उतरलीं ॥३॥ मागे जो तांतडी । त्यासि रागा येती गडी । तुझी कां रे कुडी । येथें मिथ्या भावना ॥४॥ एक एकाच्या संवादें । कैसे धाले ब्रम्हानंदें । तुका म्हणे पदें । या रे वंदूं हरीचीं ॥५॥
Literal translation
Having finished all work, all the cowherds came; it is time — bring the lunch-bundles. Each gives the count of his own; the cows are seated in the enclosure. The pot-bellied, the lisper, the bent one — Hari is in the gathering of all of them. The bundles tied with each one's affection — Hari picks the sweetness from each and mixes them. The load was on the shoulder until the company gathered; the morning-burdens are now all set down. (When) someone hurries — the friends get angry: why your false-feeling here? In mutual conversation, how each is filled with brahmananda. Tuka says: come — let us reverence Hari's verses.
मराठी: सगळं काम संपवून — गोपाळ आले; आता वेळ — सिदोऱ्या आणा. प्रत्येकजण आपलं झाडा देतो; गायी वाड्यात बसल्या. दोंदिल, बोबडा, वांकडा — सगळ्यांत हरि. आपापली आवड बांधलेल्या मुदा — हरि गोडी निवडून मेळवतो. खांद्यावर भार होता — मांदी मिळेपर्यंत; सकाळचे ओझे आता उतरले. कोणी तांतडी करतो — गडी रागावतात — इथे तुझी खोटी भावना का? एकमेकांच्या संवादाने — सर्व ब्रम्हानंदाने धाले. तुकाराम म्हणतात — चला, हरीचीं पदं वंदू.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| काम सारूनि सकळ | "having finished all work" |
| आले अवघे गोपाळ | "all the cowherds came" |
| जाली आतां वेळ म्हणती आणा सिदोर्या | "(it is) time now — bring the sidoryās (lunch-bundles)" |
| देती आपुलाला झाडा | "everyone gives the count of his own" |
| गाई बैसविल्या वाडां | "the cows are seated in the enclosure" |
| दोंदिल बोबडा वांकड्याचा हरि मेळीं | "the pot-bellied one, the lisper, the bent one — Hari is in the gathering of all of them" |
| मुदा बांधल्या परवडी | "the bundles are tied with affection" |
| निवडूनियां गोडी हरि मेळवी त्यांत तें | "Hari picks the sweetest from each and mixes (them all)" |
| भार वागविला खांदीं | "the load was carried on the shoulder" |
| नव्हती मिळाली जों मांदी | "until the company gathered" |
| सकाळांचे संदी वोझीं अवघीं उतरलीं | "the morning's bundles are now all set down" |
| मागे जो तांतडी त्यासि रागा येती गडी | "(when) someone hurries — friends get angry at him" |
| तुझी कां रे कुडी येथें मिथ्या भावना | "why your false-feeling here?" |
| एक एकाच्या संवादें कैसे धाले ब्रम्हानंदें | "in mutual conversation — how (each) is filled with brahmananda" |
| पदें या रे वंदूं हरीचीं | "come — let us reverence Hari's verses" |
What it means
A kālā-meal abhang. The Vrindavan setting: cowherds finish the day's work, gather for the communal meal; each brings his lunch-bundle; Krishna sits in the middle. Tukaram emphasizes the all-types-included aspect: दोंदिल, बोबडा, वांकड्या — the pot-bellied, the lisper, the bent — Krishna is in their gathering, not above it. The morally-instructive moment: मागे जो तांतडी, त्यासि रागा येती गडी — whoever hurries through is scolded by the friends: the meal is not for hurried-consumption; it is for एक एकाच्या संवादें ब्रम्हानंद — brahmananda by mutual conversation. [T]
For someone today
Two precise teachings live in this abhang.
The first: the one who hurries through gets scolded by the friends. Communal moments — meals, meetings, family dinners, study groups — are damaged by hurried participation. The others can tell when your feeling is false, when you're present in body but not actually here. The cure is slowing down and actually being where you are.
The second: brahmananda comes through mutual conversation, not from the food itself or the agenda. It happens in the talking between one person and another. Real spiritual nourishment in a group happens in the gaps of personal conversation, not in the formal content. So engage with people one by one in a gathering, rather than addressing the room.
मराठी: या ओवीत दोन नेमक्या शिकवणी आहेत.
पहिली: जो तांतडी करतो, त्याला मित्र रागावतात. समूहातले क्षण — जेवण, बैठका, कौटुंबिक जेवणं, अभ्यास-गट — घाईघाईने सहभागी झाल्यामुळे बिघडतात. तुमची भावना खोटी आहे हे इतरांना कळतं — तुम्ही शरीराने हजर असता पण खरोखर तिथे नसता. उपाय म्हणजे हळू व्हा आणि खरोखर जिथे आहात तिथेच असा.
दुसरी: ब्रम्हानंद अन्नात किंवा कार्यक्रमात नसून एकमेकांशी होणाऱ्या संवादात असतो. समूहात खरं आध्यात्मिक पोषण औपचारिक भाषणात नसून एकमेकांशी होणाऱ्या वैयक्तिक बोलण्यात असतं. त्यामुळे संपूर्ण समूहाला उद्देशून बोलण्याऐवजी एकेकाशी जोडून घ्या.
Where this applies
- Showing up communal without bringing your share. Recognize the unspoken rule.
- You are the hurried-one. Slow down.
- One-on-one conversations producing brahmananda. That's the mode.