Abhanga 251

This abhang names a sharp diagnostic for fake-religious-claimants:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A sharp fake-religious-claimant abhang. Six pieces of evidence:

1. काखे कडासन आड पडे — खडबड खडबडे हुसकलें — carries the kāḍāsana under the armpit, falls in the way; rattle-rattle, shaken-out. The kāḍāsana (austerity-seat / discipline-cushion) is carried in the armpit (= as a casual prop, not used for actual practice). When the person falls (slips, misbehaves), the kāḍāsana rattles out — exposed-as-prop.

2. दादकरा दादकरा — फजितखोरा लाज नाहीं — dāda-karā, dāda-karā — fajita-khora, no shame. Dāda-karā — one who claims dignity, demands respect. Fajita-khora — scandal-eater, one whose food is humiliation. No shame. The dignity-claim is combined with shamelessness.

3. अवघा जाला राम राम — कोणी कर्म आचरे ना — everyone became Rāma Rāma — no one practices the karma. The empty-name-chanting critique. Everyone says Rāma Rāma (the practice has spread in form), but no one actually practices the karma (the actual disciplinary-action, the actual right-conduct). The form has spread without the substance. (Important reading: karma here means the actual right-action, the substance behind the name-chanting, not ritual-performance.)

4. हरिदासांच्या पडती पायां — म्हणती तयां नागवावें — falls at the Hari-dāsas' feet — says they should be robbed. The exterior-interior split. Externally — falls at the Hari-dāsas (servants-of-Hari, real-bhaktas)' feet. Internally — plots to rob them. The prostration-while-plotting combination.

5. दोहीं ठायीं फजीत जालें — पारणें केलें अवकळा — in both places — fajita; the pāraṇē made degraded. Fajita in both places — both at the kāḍāsana-armpit (caught in fall) and at the Hari-dāsa's feet (caught plotting). The pāraṇē (fast-breaking — should be solemn / pure) is made avakaḷā (degraded).

6. तुका म्हणे नाश केला — विटंबिला वेश जिहीं — Tuka says: destroyed — those who disgraced the garb. The closing-judgment. The vēśa (garb / appearance / costume of the religious-role) was viṭambilā (disgraced). The destruction (= self-destruction) is for those who disgraced the garb.

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For someone today

This abhang names a sharp diagnostic for fake-religious-claimants:

1. Watch for the kāḍāsana-in-the-armpit. Kākhē kāḍāsana — āḍa paḍē. When the discipline-prop is carried casually (in the armpit, not actually-used), the person will fall in the way and the prop will rattle-out, exposing the prop-only-mode.

2. The dignity-claim combined with shamelessness. Dāda-karā — fajita-khora. The combination — demanding respect + no shame for what they actually do — is the fake-claimant's signature.

3. Rāma Rāma without karma. Avaghā jālā Rāma Rāma — kōṇī karma ācarē nā. When the form spreads without the substance, recognize this as the symptom of fake-practice. Don't rejoice in the spread of form; check whether the substance has spread.

4. External-prostration with internal-plotting. Haridāsāñcyā paḍatī pāyām, mhaṇatī tayām nāgavāvēm. The external-bhakti-show with internal-malice is the sharpest hypocrisy. Watch for this combination; it is the signature of the vēśa-disgracer**.

5. Disgracing the garb is self-destruction. Nāśa kelā — viṭambilā vēśa jihīm. The consequence is self-destruction. The disgracer is destroyed by their own disgracing. (Compare 244's abhimāna-renunciation is julūma; in vain wasted.)

For today: when you encounter religious-claimants, check for these markers: kāḍāsana-in-armpit, dāda-karā-and-fajita-khora, Rāma-Rāma-without-karma, prostration-with-plotting. These are fake-claimant diagnostics. And — Tukaram's gentleness: the destruction is self-destruction; you don't need to attack them; their disgracing-of-the-garb is itself their destruction.

मराठी: ही ओवी fake-religious-claimants चं sharp diagnostic नाव सांगते:

1. काखेतलं कडासन पाहा. काखे कडासन — आड पडे. Discipline-prop casually carried (काखेत, actually-used नाही) — व्यक्ती आड पडते आणि prop rattle-out होतो, prop-only-mode expose करतो.

2. Dignity-claim सह shamelessness. दादकरा — फजितखोरा. Combination — respect demand करणं + जे actually करतात त्याची लाज नाही — fake-claimant चं signature.

3. कर्म-शिवाय राम-राम. अवघा जाला राम राम — कोणी कर्म आचरे ना. Form substance शिवाय spread झाला — fake-practice चं symptom म्हणून ओळखा. Form spread वर रजोई करू नका; substance spread झाला का check करा.

4. External-prostration internal-plotting सह. हरिदासांच्या पडती पायां — म्हणती तयां नागवावें. External-bhakti-show internal-malice सह — sharpest hypocrisy. हे combination पाहा; vēśa-disgracer चं signature.

5. Garb disgrace करणं self-destruction. नाश केला — विटंबिला वेश जिहीं. Consequence self-destruction. Disgracer त्यांच्या disgracing ने destroyed.

आज: religious-claimants भेटले — हे markers check करा: kāḍāsana-in-armpit, dāda-karā-and-fajita-khora, Rāma-Rāma-without-karma, prostration-with-plotting. हे fake-claimant diagnostics. आणि — तुकारामांची gentleness: destruction self-destruction; त्यांच्यावर हल्ला करायची गरज नाही; त्यांचं vēśa-disgracing च त्यांचं destruction.

Where this applies

• Kāḍāsana-in-armpit. Discipline-as-prop only.
• Dignity-claim + shamelessness combination.
• Rāma-Rāma without karma. Form without substance.
• Prostration-with-plotting. Sharpest hypocrisy.
• Disgracing the garb is self-destruction. Don't attack — let the disgracer's act be their own destruction.

Related verses

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