Abhanga 237

English: Climbing up — (he) jumped down — under the kalamba into the Yamuna.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

The opening abhang of the Kāliya-mardana leelā (Bhāgavata 10.16). Krishna jumps from the kalamba tree into the Yamuna pool where the giant serpent Kāliya lives, intending to subdue him. The bhakta-band raises the bombe (alarm). Three movements:

1. वरता वेंघोनि घातली उडी — कळंबाबुडीं यमुनेसी — climbing up, jumped down — under the kalamba into the Yamuna. The leelā-event: Krishna climbs the kalamba and jumps into the river. The leelā is willed by Krishna himself; he is not pushed.

2. हरि बुडाला बोंब घाला — घरचीं त्यांला ठावा नाहीं — Hari has drowned — raise the alarm-call! — his home people don't know. The bhakta-band's first-response: raise the alarm-call. His home-people don't know (Yashodā etc. are unaware). The crisis is local-to-the-band.

3. भवनदीचा न कळे पार — काळिया माजी थोर विखार — the bhava-river — limit unknown; in the Kāliya — the great venom. The cosmic-stake. The Yamuna is also the bhava-nadī (river-of-becoming, samsara); its limits are unknown; the Kāliya inside has great venom. The leelā is not just a child's-play; it is a cosmic-confrontation with the venom-of-becoming.

4. तुका म्हणे काय वाउग्या हाका — हातींचा गमावुनियां थिंका — Tuka says: what useless shouts? — don't lose what's-in-hand by thinkā. The anti-panic warning. Useless shouts don't help; thinkā (over-thinking, futile-spitting) makes you lose what is in your hand. Hold what is in hand; don't dissipate it in panic-shouting. (Compare 204's Ananta-jāṇasī-tē-karāvē — entrustment-mode in crisis.)

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For someone today

This abhang names what to do when the loved-one has gone-into-the-deep:

1. Recognize: the loved-one chose this leap. Varatā vēnghonī ghātalī uḍī. Krishna climbed up and jumped. When the loved-one has gone-into-the-deep (a serious-engagement, an unknown-territory, a confrontation with venom), they chose it. Don't pretend it was forced upon them.

2. Raise the alarm to the right people. Hari buḍālā bobe ghāla. The bhakta-band raises the alarm. Right action. But — the home-people don't know (= the not-in-the-loop people cannot help). Raise the alarm among the band, not uselessly to outsiders.

3. Recognize the cosmic-stake. Bhava-nadīcā na kaḷē pāra — Kāḷiyā mājī thōra vikhāra. The deep may be the bhava-river-itself; the venom may be cosmic-scale. Don't dismiss the gravity.

4. Don't lose what's-in-hand by useless-shouting and over-thinking. Hātīmcā gamāvunīyām thinkā. The anti-panic rule. Hold what is in your hand. Don't dissipate it in useless shouts and futile thinking. Crisis demands holding the present, not abandoning it for panic.

For today: when the loved-one is in-the-deep, recognize-they-chose-it, alert-the-right-people, honor-the-cosmic-stake, hold-what's-in-hand. Useless shouts and over-thinking lose-what-you-have.

मराठी: ही ओवी प्रिय-व्यक्ती deep-मध्ये गेलेय असताना काय करायचं नाव सांगते:

1. ओळखा: प्रिय-व्यक्तीने हा leap निवडला*. वरता वेंघोनि घातली उडी. कृष्ण वर चढला आणि जंपलें. प्रिय-व्यक्ती deep मध्ये गेलेय (serious-engagement, unknown-territory, venom-confrontation) — त्यांनी निवडलं. Forced upon them असं pretend* करू नका.

2. Right people कडे alarm raise करा. हरि बुडाला बोंब घाला. Bhakta-band alarm raise करते. योग्य action. पण — home-people कळत नाही (= not-in-the-loop लोक help करू शकत नाहीत). Band मध्ये alarm raise करा, outsiders कडे uselessly नाही.

3. Cosmic-stake ओळखा. भवनदीचा न कळे पार — काळिया माजी थोर विखार. Deep bhava-river-itself असू शकतं; venom cosmic-scale. Gravity dismiss करू नका.

4. Useless-shouting आणि over-thinking मुळे हातीचं गमवू नका*. हातींचा गमावुनियां थिंका. Anti-panic rule. जे हातात आहे ते धरा. Useless shouts आणि futile thinking मध्ये dissipate करू नका. Crisis ला present hold करायचं — panic-साठी abandon करायचं नाही*.

आज: प्रिय-व्यक्ती deep-मध्ये असेल — निवडलं-त्यांनी ओळखा, right-people-alert करा, cosmic-stake honor करा, हातीचं hold करा. Useless shouts आणि over-thinking तुमचं असलेलं गमवतं.

Where this applies

• Loved-one chose the leap. Don't pretend forced.
• Alert the band, not outsiders. होम-people don't know.
• Cosmic-stake — recognize gravity. Don't dismiss.
• Hold what's in hand. Don't lose by useless-shouting / over-thinking.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2481
• Abhanga 4481
• Abhanga 4482
• Abhanga 4483