Abhanga 250

This abhang names a post-realization state in folk-register:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A profound not-doing-while-doing-all abhang — the non-dual paradox in folk-register. Six paired claims, all of the same form X-without-X-ing:

1. न देखोन — पाहिलें सकळ ही — without seeing — saw all. The seeing-without-seeing.
2. न घेतां — घेतलें — not-taking, took. The taking-without-taking.
3. खादलें न खातां — रसना रस जाली घेतां — ate without eating; the rasanā became-taking-the-rasa. The eating-without-eating.
4. न बोलोनि बोलें — not-speaking, spoke. The speaking-without-speaking.
5. नाइकिलें कानीं — आलें मनीं — not-heard-by-the-ear — came-to-the-mind. The hearing-without-ear-hearing.

And the master-claim in the middle: मी हें माझें ठेलें दुरी — I-and-mine stayed distant.

The non-dual paradox in folk-register: when I-and-mine are put-aside, the seeing-doing-eating-speaking-hearing still happens — but without the I-and-mine doing them. The acts continue without the actor. (Compare Bhagavad Gita 5.8-9 — the wise see that they do not do anything.)

This is not withdrawal from action; it is action-without-claim. The acts are not abandoned; the I-and-mine claim is abandoned.

The six-fold structure covers the senses (sight, hearing, taste), the limbs (hand-foot for taking), and the speech-faculty. All faculties function, none claimed. [T]

For someone today

This abhang names a post-realization state in folk-register:

1. The acts continue. Don't think realization means stopping doing. The seeing-taking-eating-speaking-hearing continue. Activity is not abandoned.

2. The I-and-mine* is set aside. Mī hēm mājhēm ṭhēlēm dūrī. The acts continue without the I-and-mine claim. This is the one-line summary of what changes. Not less-action; no-claim-of-action*.

3. Six faculties, six paradoxes. Sight, taking, eating, speaking, hearing — and through all of them, the paradox-of-doing-without-doing. If you find yourself doing-while-not-claiming, seeing-without-the-seer-being-distinct, eating-without-the-eater-being-distinct — you are in this register.

4. The folk-register matters. This is not abstract advaita-discourse; it is folk-language for the same realization. न घेतां घेतलें — not-taking, took — is concrete-everyday-language for kartṛtva-naivedya (offering of doer-ship). The folk-register makes it accessible — and the realization itself is folk-accessible, not philosopher-only.

For today: notice when you are seeing-without-the-seer-being-distinct, taking-without-the-taker-being-distinct, eating-without-the-eater, speaking-without-the-speaker, hearing-without-the-ear-being-the-medium. These are real, everyday markers of the I-and-mine staying distant. They do not require philosophical-vocabulary or yogic-discipline; they are folk-accessible.

मराठी: ही ओवी folk-register मधलं post-realization state नाव सांगते:

1. Acts continue. Realization म्हणजे करणं थांबवणं समजू नका. Seeing-taking-eating-speaking-hearing continue. Activity abandon नाही.

2. मी-आणि-माझं set aside. मी हें माझें ठेलें दुरी. Acts I-and-mine claim शिवाय continue होतात. हीच one-line summary — काय बदलतं. Less-action नाही; no-claim-of-action.

3. सहा faculties, सहा paradoxes. Sight, taking, eating, speaking, hearing — आणि या सर्वांमध्ये doing-without-doing paradox. तुम्ही doing-while-not-claiming असाल, seeing-without-the-seer-being-distinct असाल, eating-without-the-eater-being-distinct असाल — तुम्ही या register मध्ये आहात.

4. Folk-register matters. हे abstract advaita-discourse नाही; same realization चं folk-language. न घेतां घेतलें — concrete-everyday-language कर्तृत्व-नैवेद्य (doer-ship offering) साठी. Folk-register accessible करतं — आणि realization स्वतः folk-accessible, philosopher-only नाही.

आज: notice करा — तुम्ही seeing-without-the-seer-being-distinct, taking-without-the-taker-being-distinct, eating-without-the-eater, speaking-without-the-speaker, hearing-without-the-ear-being-the-medium कधी आहात. हे real, everyday markers — I-and-mine staying distant. Philosophical-vocabulary किंवा yogic-discipline लागत नाही; folk-accessible.

Where this applies

• Acts continue, I-and-mine set aside. Not less-action; no-claim-of-action.
• Six faculties, six paradoxes. Folk-register markers of realization.
• Folk-accessible, not philosopher-only.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2448
• Abhanga 2467
• Abhanga 2494
• Abhanga 4481