Abhanga 232

This abhang names what post-arrival actually feels like:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A post-arrival assessment abhang. Four claims:

1. अवघें चि गोड जालें — मागीलये भरी आलें — everything became sweet — the prior-things were filled-in. The post-arrival assessment: everything is sweet now; the prior-things are filled-in / made-good (retroactively). Past hardships are no longer open wounds; they have been filled-in. The prior is no longer the prior*.

2. साहय जाला पांडुरंग — दिला अभ्यंतरीं संग — Pāṇḍuranga became the helper — gave interior company. The helper-form. Pāṇḍuranga did not just give external help; he became the helper (took the role) and gave abhyantara sanga — interior company. The with-you-in-the-interior condition.

3. थडिये पावतां तो वाव — मागें वाहावतां ठाव — reaching the bank, the leaving; behind, the flowing-place. The bhava-sāgara crossing-image. Reaching the thaḍī (bank) of the river-of-becoming, the vāva — what was left behind. The vāhāvatām ṭhāva — the flowing-place — is behind. (Compare 193's bhava-sāgara.)

4. तुका म्हणे गेलें — स्वप्नींचें जागें जालें — Tuka says: gone — the dream-(of-it) became awake. The closing-image. What was the prior-life is the dream; the current-state is the awake. Svapnāñcē jāgē jālēm — (it) became awake from the dream. The dream-and-awake relation: what felt-real was-actually-the-dream; what now is is the awake.

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For someone today

This abhang names what post-arrival actually feels like:

1. Everything-sweet, prior-filled-in. Post-arrival, the quality has changed: everything-sweet (not just some-sweet) and the prior-things are filled-in / made-good retroactively. The past does not haunt; the past is integrated.

2. The helper becomes* — interior company. Sāhya jālā Pāṇḍuranga. The deity became the helper — not gave a helper. And the company is abhyantara — interior, inside. Don't expect external-help to solve; the interior-company is the help*.

3. The crossing has happened — what was foreground is now behind. Thaḍiye pāvatā — māgēm vāhāvatām ṭhāva. The flowing-place that was the foreground is now behind. You don't have to exit-the-flow; you reach the bank and the flow is now behind.

4. The dream awoke. Svapnāñcē jāgē jālēm. The prior-life was the dream; post-arrival is the awake. This is not a moralism (= don't sleep, wake up); it is a retrospective-recognition. After arrival, you recognize that what felt-most-real was actually-the-dream. Don't interpret this as all-prior-was-illusion; interpret it as the prior-was-the-dream-state-of-this-state. The dream-relation preserves the prior as what-was-dream, not as unreal-nothing.

For today: when assessing post-arrival, look for these markers: everything-sweet, prior-filled-in, interior-company, flowing-place-now-behind, dream-awoke. If these are present, the arrival has happened. If only some, partial-arrival.

मराठी: ही ओवी post-arrival actually कसं वाटतं नाव सांगते:

1. Everything-sweet, prior-filled-in. Post-arrival, quality बदलली: सर्वच गोड (फक्त-काही नाही) आणि prior-things filled-in / made-good retroactively. Past haunt करत नाही; past integrated.

2. Helper बनतो* — interior company. साहय जाला पांडुरंग. देव helper बनला — helper दिला नाही. आणि company अभ्यंतर — interior, आत. External-help solve करेल expect करू नका; interior-company च help*.

3. Crossing झालं — foreground आता मागे. थडिये पावतां — मागें वाहावतां ठाव. Foreground वाहत-असलेली जागा आता मागे. Flow-exit करायची गरज नाही; bank-reach — flow मागे.

4. Dream awoke. स्वप्नींचें जागें जालें. Prior-life dream; post-arrival awake. Moralism नाही (= झोपू नका, जागे राहा); retrospective-recognition. Arrival नंतर जे most-real वाटलं ते actually-dream — recognize. सर्व-prior illusion असं interpret करू नका; prior या-state चं dream-state — असं interpret करा. Dream-relation prior ला what-was-dream म्हणून जपतं, unreal-nothing नाही.

आज: post-arrival assess करताना — हे markers शोधा: सर्वच-गोड, prior-filled-in, interior-company, flowing-place-now-behind, dream-awoke. हे present असतील — arrival झालं. फक्त काही — partial-arrival.

Where this applies

• Everything-sweet, prior-filled-in. Quality-change marker.
• Helper becomes; interior company. Don't expect external-help.
• Flowing-place is now behind. Crossing-marker.
• Dream awoke. Retrospective-recognition.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2377 — English: Gentle, sweet bāla-rūpa — that form from Kāḷī-time.
• Abhanga 2402
• Abhanga 2448
• Abhanga 2459