Abhanga 252

This abhang closes the anti-fake-religion cluster with a karma-mechanics claim:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

Closes the anti-fake-religion cluster (244-252; the ॥२॥ marker confirms the deliberate gatha-grouping). Three claims:

1. कुटुंबाचा केला त्याग — नाहीं राग जंव गेला — renounced the family — if the rāga did not go. The external-renunciation without internal-rāga-resolution. Family-leaving is not enough if the rāga (anger / passion) remained.

2. भजन तें वोंगळवाणें — नरका जाणें चुके ना — (that) bhajana is dirty — will not escape going to naraka. The consequence: even the bhajana performed by the renouncer-with-rāga is vōngaḷavāṇē (dirty). And the naraka-going is unavoidable. The external-form does not cleanse the internal-rāga.

3. अक्षराची केली आटी — जरी पोटीं संतनिंदा — the akṣara-āṭī was made — if in the belly is sant-nindā. The chanting-routine without internal-honoring of saints. The akṣara-āṭī (the routine of letters / chanting / scripture-reading) is vain if the belly carries sant-nindā (criticism / hostility / fault-finding toward saints).

4. तुका म्हणे मागें पाय — तया जाय स्थळासि — Tuka says: back-step — that one goes to (the same) place. The closing-claim. Mage pāya — back-step — retracing-the-path you came from. That one goes to the same place (= the prior place, naraka, the place-of-rāga). The external-renouncer-with-internal-rāga retraces back to where they started. The external-action does not move them; they end up in the same place.

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For someone today

This abhang closes the anti-fake-religion cluster with a karma-mechanics claim:

1. External-renunciation without internal-rāga-resolution doesn't work. Kuṭumbācā kelā tyāga — nāhīm rāga jamva gelā. Leaving the situation does not solve the rāga. The rāga goes with you unless internal-resolution has happened.

2. Bhajana with rāga is dirty. Bhajana tē vōngaḷavāṇē. The form-of-devotion performed by one with unresolved rāga is vōngaḷavāṇē — dirty, unclean, not-fragrant. The form does not purify the internal-state.

3. Chanting-routine with sant-nindā is vain. Akṣarācī kelī āṭī — jarī pōṭīm sant-nindā. If your belly carries criticism of saints — even your chanting-routine is vain. The internal-stance toward saints is the actual practice; the external-chanting is downstream. (Compare 246's bringing saints' faults to mind erases sukṛta.)

4. Back-step takes you to the same place. Magē pāya — tayā jāya sthaḷāsi. This is the karma-mechanics. External-action without internal-change — retracing the path. You leave-and-return to the same place. (Compare 191's won't go even if chased — irreversibility of internal-change; here, the inverse: if no internal-change, you retrace back.)

For today: if you have externally-renounced something but the rāga didn't go, the renunciation is incomplete. Recognize this. Internal-resolution is the actual move; external-leaving without internal-resolution is back-step. And — check your bhajana / chanting / spiritual-practice: if your belly carries sant-nindā, anti-other, unresolved-rāga, the form is dirty. The form does not purify the internal; the internal must be addressed directly.

This closes the 244-252 anti-fake-religion cluster with the karma-mechanics claim: external-without-internal retraces. The whole cluster's lesson: don't trust external-form-of-renunciation; check the internal-rāga, sant-nindā, abhimāna; address those directly.

मराठी: ही ओवी anti-fake-religion cluster karma-mechanics claim ने close करते:

1. Internal-rāga-resolution शिवाय external-renunciation काम करत नाही. कुटुंबाचा केला त्याग — नाहीं राग जंव गेला. Situation सोडणं rāga solve करत नाही. Internal-resolution झाली नाही — rāga तुमच्यासह जाते.

2. Rāga सह bhajana dirty. भजन तें वोंगळवाणें. Unresolved rāga असलेल्या व्यक्तीने केलेलं devotion-form vōngaḷavāṇē — dirty, unclean, not-fragrant. Form internal-state purify करत नाही.

3. Sant-nindā सह chanting-routine vain. अक्षराची केली आटी — जरी पोटीं संतनिंदा. पोटात saints बद्दल criticism असेल — chanting-routine सुद्धा vain. Saints कडे internal-stance actual practice; external-chanting downstream.

4. Back-step त्याच ठिकाणी नेतो. मागें पाय — तया जाय स्थळासि. Karma-mechanics. Internal-change शिवाय external-action — path retrace. सोडून-परत तेच ठिकाणी.

आज: externally-renounced केलं असेल पण rāga गेली नाही — renunciation incomplete. हे ओळखा. Internal-resolution actual move; internal-resolution-शिवाय external-leaving back-step. आणि — तुमचं bhajana / chanting / spiritual-practice check करा: पोटात sant-nindā, anti-other, unresolved-rāga असेल — form dirty. Form internal purify करत नाही; internal directly address करायला हवं.

Where this applies

• External-renunciation without internal-rāga-resolution. Doesn't work.
• Bhajana / chanting with rāga or sant-nindā. Dirty; vain.
• Back-step takes you to the same place. Karma-mechanics.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2464
• Abhanga 2490
• Abhanga 2494
• Abhanga 4481