Abhanga 326

This is a democratized-bhakti claim:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A short saint-naming abhang. Three claims:

1. पुण्यवंत व्हावें — घेतां सज्जनांची नांवें — become puṇyavanta by taking sajjanas' names. The direct-mechanic. Just taking the names of the saints (= naming them in your speech, holding them in mind) makes you puṇyavanta. No further-ritual required.

2. नेघे माझे वाचे तुटी — महा लाभ फुकासाठी — my vāc gets no break — great lābha for free. The vāc (speech / voice) gets no tūṭi (break, exhaustion). Continual saint-naming — and the great-gain comes for fukā (free). (Compare 197 fukā nāma āle; 315 Viṭhobā-name sulabha-sōpārē.)

3. विश्रांतीचा ठाव — पायीं संतांचिया भाव — the viśrānti place — bhāva at saints' feet. The resting-place. Where to rest — in bhāva at the saints' feet. (Bhāva-at-the-saints'-feet is the bhakta's home. Compare 264 real-kin remember Viṭhobā's feet.)

4. तुका म्हणे जपें — संतांचिया जाती पापें — Tuka says: by japa — saints' — pāpas go. The closing-claim. Japa-of-saints'-names removes pāpas. (Compare 285 Hanumat-japa removes sins; 258 anutāpa-with-hari-smaraṇa frees.)

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For someone today

This is a democratized-bhakti claim:

1. Take saints' names — become puṇyavanta. Puṇyavanta vhāvē — ghētā sajjanāñcī nāvē. The direct-mechanic. Naming the saints in your speech / mind makes you puṇyavanta. No external-qualifications required.

2. Vāc gets no break; great-gain for free. Continual-naming is sustainable; the gain is fukā (free). Don't reserve your vāc for worthier-things; let it be the saint-naming channel.

3. Viśrānti at saints' feet via bhāva. Pāyī sāntānciyā bhāva. Where to rest — in bhāva at the saints' feet. Apply: when exhausted, restless, agitated, the viśrānti-place is bhāva-at-the-saints'-feet, not external-rest.

4. Japa-of-saints'-names removes pāpas. Sāntānciyā jātī pāpē. The karmic-effect of saint-naming is automatic.

For today: let your vāc be the saint-naming channel; find viśrānti at the saints' feet by bhāva; trust that the japa removes pāpas without further-effort.

This abhang is important for the saint-naming-as-practice register: the saint-naming is sufficient — not just deva-naming. The saints are the access-channel to the deva (compare 280 saint-priority over deva-pūjā).

मराठी: ही एक democratized-bhakti claim ओवी:

1. Saints चे names घ्या — puṇyavanta* व्हा. पुण्यवंत व्हावें — घेतां सज्जनांची नांवें. Direct-mechanic. Saints ला तुमच्या speech / mind मध्ये name करणं तुम्हाला puṇyavanta करतं. External-qualifications आवश्यक नाहीत*.

2. Vāc ला तुटी नाही; great-gain free. Continual-naming sustainable; gain fukā (free). तुमचा vāc worthier-things-साठी reserve करू नका; saint-naming channel असू द्या*.

3. Saints च्या feet वर bhāva ने viśrānti. पायी सांतांचिया भाव. कुठे rest करायचं — saints च्या feet वर bhāva ने. Exhausted, restless, agitated असाल तेव्हा — viśrānti-place साधूंच्या feet वर bhāva, external-rest नाही.

4. Saints'-names चं japa pāpa काढते. सांतांचिया जातीं पापें. Karmic-effect साधू-naming चा automatic.

आज: तुमचा vāc saint-naming channel असू द्या; bhāva ने साधूंच्या feet वर viśrānti शोधा; japa further-effort-शिवाय pāpa काढते विश्वास ठेवा.

Where this applies

• Saints'-name-taking makes puṇyavanta. Direct-mechanic, no qualifications.
• Vāc gets no break; gain is fukā. Sustainable, free.
• Viśrānti at saints' feet via bhāva. Where to rest.
• Japa removes pāpa. Automatic karmic-effect.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2494
• Abhanga 4481
• Abhanga 4482
• Abhanga 2557