Abhanga 318

This abhang names the bhakta-mission-claim:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A bhakta-mission-claim abhang. Three claims:

1. उजळावया आलों वाटा — खरा खोटा निवाड — I came to clear paths — to make khara-khōṭa nivāḍa. The mission-claim. Tukaram names his own coming as for two purposes: (a) ujaḷāvayā vāṭā — to brighten / clear the paths; (b) khara-khōṭa nivāḍa — to sort the true from the false. Both clearing and sorting.

2. बोलविले बोल बोलें — धनीविठ्ठला सन्निध — the words spoken — I speak — Viṭṭhal-the-master, sannidha. The agency-claim. The words I speak — were spoken (commissioned) by Viṭṭhal who is near me. Tukaram is not the original-source of the speech; the speech is Viṭṭhal-master's, transmitted through Tukaram. (Compare 304's bring-to-anubhava-what-you-make-me-speak; here the positive-claim that the speech is Viṭṭhal's.)

3. तरी मनीं नाहीं शंका — बळें एका स्वामीच्या — no śankā in my mind — by the one master's strength. The confidence-claim. No doubt in the mind — by-the-strength of the one master. (Compare 191's niścīti has come.)

4. तुका म्हणे नये आम्हां पुढें कामा गबाळ — no use for us ahead — gabāḷa. The closing-rejection. Gabāḷa — junk, mess, useless-collected-stuff. No use for gabāḷa ahead. The clearing-mission has no place for the gabāḷa-mode.

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For someone today

This abhang names the bhakta-mission-claim:

1. Bhakta's coming has a mission: clear-and-sort. Ujaḷāvayā vāṭā, khara-khōṭa nivāḍa. The bhakta-life is not just self-cultivation; it includes clearing-the-paths-for-others and sorting-the-true-from-the-false. Tukaram identifies his own life as having this mission.

2. The words are master-spoken. Bolavile bola bolē — dhanī Viṭṭhalā sannidha. The bhakta does not originate the speech; the master commissions the speech, sannidha (near). (This is the deepest-form of authorial-honesty: I speak; the master speaks-through-me.)

3. No śankā by the master's strength. Tarī manīm nāhīm śankā — baḷē ekā svāmīcyā. Doubt is suspended — not by my own confidence, but by the strength of the one master. The confidence is borrowed-from-the-master.

4. No use for gabāḷa ahead. Naye āmhām pudhē kāmā gabāḷa. The clearing-mission rejects the gabāḷa-mode. Junk / mess / useless-collected-stuff — no use, ahead. (Compare 273's what-Tukaram-is-not list; same anti-junk register.)

For today: recognize that bhakta-life can include a clearing-and-sorting mission; be honest about the speech-source (master-spoken, not self-original); let the confidence be borrowed-from-the-master, not built on self; reject the gabāḷa-mode.

This abhang is important for those-with-bhakta-vocation: it gives the form of the mission-claim with honest-agency, borrowed-confidence, gabāḷa-rejection. The bhakta-mission is real; the bhakta is the channel, not the source.

मराठी: ही ओवी bhakta-mission-claim नाव सांगते:

1. Bhakta च्या coming ला mission: clear-and-sort. उजळावया वाटा, खरा-खोटा निवाडा. Bhakta-life फक्त self-cultivation नाही; इतरांसाठी paths-clearing आणि true-false-sorting त्यात आहे.

2. Words master-spoken. बोलविले बोल बोलें — धनी-Viṭṭhalā सन्निध. Bhakta speech originate करत नाही; master sannidha (जवळ) commission करतो. (Deepest-form of authorial-honesty: मी बोलतो; master माझ्या-मार्फत बोलतो.)

3. Master च्या strength ने śankā नाही. तरी मनीं नाहीं शंका — बळें एका स्वामीच्या. Doubt suspended — self-confidence ने नाही, master च्या strength ने. Confidence borrowed-from-master.

4. Gabāḷa पुढे कामा नाही. नये आम्हां पुढें कामा गबाळ. Clearing-mission gabāḷa-mode ला reject करतं.

आज: bhakta-life ला clearing-and-sorting mission असू शकतं ओळखा; speech-source बद्दल honest राहा (master-spoken, self-original नाही); confidence master-कडून borrowed असू द्या, self वर built नाही; gabāḷa-mode reject करा.

Where this applies

• Bhakta-mission: clear-and-sort. Beyond self-cultivation.
• Master-spoken words; bhakta is the channel. Honest agency.
• Borrowed-confidence from the master. Not self-built.
• No use for gabāḷa ahead. Reject junk.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2448
• Abhanga 2494
• Abhanga 4481
• Abhanga 4482