Abhanga 383
When you leave the false husband of your own ego for genuine devotion, the Divine protects your honor and hides you safely from the world's judgment.
The verse
भलो नंदाजीको डिकरो । लाज राखीलीन हमारो ॥१॥ आगळ आवो देवजी कान्हा । मैं घरछोडी आहे म्हांना ॥ध्रु.॥ उन्हसुं कळना वेतो भला । खसम अहंकार दादुला ॥२॥ तुका प्रभु परवली हरी । छपी आहे हुं जगाथी न्यारी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Good — Nandājī's ḍikarō — preserved my lāja. Come ahead — dēvjī Kānhā — I have left home — māmnā. From him — I won't go to bhalā — the khasama — is ahamkāra-dādulā. Tuka prabhu — Hari is paravalī — I am hidden — separate from jagatī.
मराठी: भला Nanda चा मुलगा — माझी लाज राखली. पुढे या, devjī Kānhā — मी घर सोडलंय माझ्यासाठी. त्याच्यापासून मी bhalā कडे जाणार नाही —खसम(नवरा) —अहंकार-दादुला. तुकाराम म्हणतां — Hari paravalī (माझ्याकडे वळला) — मी जगापासून न्यारी छपले आहे.
Word-by-word gloss
| Hindi-Gujarati-Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| भलो नंदाजीको डिकरो | "good — Nandājī's ḍikarō (son, Gujarati)" |
| लाज राखीलीन हमारो | "preserved — my lāja" |
| आगळ आवो देवजी कान्हा | "come ahead — dēvjī Kānhā" |
| मैं घरछोडी आहे म्हांना | "I have left home — māmnā (for me, Marathi-Gujarati)" |
| उन्हसुं कळना वेतो भला | "from him — I won't go to bhalā" |
| खसम अहंकार दादुला | "the khasama (husband) — is ahamkāra-dādulā (ego-grandfather)" |
| तुका प्रभु परवली हरी | "Tuka prabhu — Hari is paravalī (turned-toward-me)" |
| छपी आहे हुं जगाथी न्यारी | "I am hidden — separate from the jagatī (world)" |
What it means
A left-the-ego-husband-for-Kānhā abhang in Hindi-Gujarati register — third of the Hindi-vrajāvalī triplet (381-383). This is especially Mīrā-resonant — leaving the worldly-husband for Krishna. Three claims:
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भलो नंदाजीको डिकरो — लाज राखीलीन हमारो — good is Nanda's son — preserved my lāja. The opening-praise: Nanda's son is good; he preserved my honor. (Compare Mīrā'sGiridhara-preserves-her-honor claim.)
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आगळ आवो देवजी कान्हा — मैं घरछोडी आहे म्हांना — come ahead, dēvjī Kānhā — I have left home for myself. The invitation-and-leaving-home claim: come closer, my Kānhā; I have left home for myself / for you. House-abandonment for Krishna.
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उन्हसुं कळना वेतो भला — खसम अहंकार दादुला — from him I won't go to bhalā — the khasama is ahamkāra-dādulā. The worldly-husband-as-ego allegory: thekhasama(husband) is theahamkāra-dādulā(the ego, the grand-old-ego); I won't go to him forbhalā(good). The bhakta's flight from the ego-husband to Krishna. (This is the central Mīrā-trope: the worldly-husband (legal, formal) is left for Krishna (the real-husband).)
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तुका प्रभु परवली हरी — छपी आहे हुं जगाथी न्यारी — Tuka prabhu — Hari is paravalī — I am hidden, separate from the world. The closing-claim: Hari isparavalī(turned-toward-me); I amchapī(hidden),nyārī(separate, distinct) from thejagatī. Hidden-from-the-world, present-to-Hari.
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For someone today
This verse uses the bold image of a woman leaving her husband for Krishna to describe what real devotion asks of you: leaving not a person, but your own ego. The husband she walks away from stands for pride and self-importance, the part of you that keeps you tied to appearances and status. She isn't afraid this choice will disgrace her, because she trusts that the Divine himself protects her honor. When she gives herself fully to this love, she becomes hidden and set apart from the noisy busyness of ordinary social life, safe within a bond the world cannot see or judge.
मराठी: या ओवीत एका स्त्रीने कृष्णासाठी नवरा सोडल्याच्या धाडसी प्रतिमेतून खरी भक्ती काय मागते हे सांगितलं आहे — इथे सोडायचं ते माणूस नाही, तर स्वतःचा अहंकार आहे. जो नवरा ती सोडते तो म्हणजे गर्व आणि आत्मप्रौढी, जो तुम्हाला दिखावा आणि प्रतिष्ठेला बांधून ठेवतो. या निर्णयामुळे बदनामी होईल अशी तिला भीती नाही, कारण देवच तिची लाज राखेल यावर तिचा विश्वास आहे. जेव्हा ती स्वतःला पूर्णपणे या प्रेमाला सोपवते, तेव्हा ती जगाच्या गजबजाटापासून लपलेली, वेगळी होते — जगाला न दिसणाऱ्या, न जोखता येणाऱ्या नात्यात सुरक्षित.
Where this applies
- Krishna preserves lāja. Don't fear social-disgrace.
- Leave home for Kānhā. Worldly-attachments-abandoned.
- Khasama=ahamkāra-dādulā. Ego is the husband-to-leave.
- Hari paravalī; hidden from world. Bhakti-mode.