Abhanga 395

English: I don't come alone — what do I know?

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A bhakta-hidden-tryst-with-deva-and-deva-keeps-lōka-ācāra abhang. Four claims:

1. एकली न येतें मी ऐसें काय जाणें — कोठें भरलें अवघड या राणें — I don't come alone — what do I know? — where is the avaghaḍa filled in this rāṇē? The opening-confession: I don't come alone (= I am accompanied by Him); what do I know? — where in this rāṇē (wilderness, the world) is avaghaḍa (difficult-place, danger) filled?

2. सासू दारुण सासरा आहे भारी — तुज मज सांगतां नाहीं उरी — sāsū dāruṇa, sasarā bhārī — no urī between you and me. The household-pressure-claim: the mother-in-law is dāruṇa (severe), the father-in-law is bhārī (heavy); yet between you and me, there is no urī (remnant, distance). Family-pressure outside; total-intimacy inside.

3. होतें अंतर तर सांपडतें कैसी — एकाएकीं अंगीं जडलासी — if there was antara — how would I get caught? — suddenly stuck to the body. The intimate-claim: if there was antara (gap, distance) between us, how would I have been caught? Suddenly — You are stuck to my body. No-distance-explains-being-caught.

4. स्वामी तुकयाचा भोगिया चतुर — भोग भोगी त्यांचा राखे लोकाचार — Tukya's svāmī — chatura-bhōgi — enjoys their bhōga, keeps the lōka-ācāra. The closing-dual-claim: Tukya's lord is chatura-bhōgi (the clever enjoyer); enjoys their bhōga — (yet) keeps the lōka-ācāra (worldly-conduct, social-form). The deva enjoys with the bhakta yet outwardly maintains social-propriety; both at once.

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For someone today

This abhang names the bhakta-hidden-tryst-with-deva-keeps-lōka-ācāra register:

1. You don't come alone in this rāṇē*. Ekalī na yētē mī. In the wilderness of the world, you are not alone — He accompanies. Don't despair the avaghaḍa-filled-rāṇē; you are accompanied*.

2. Family-pressure outside; total-intimacy inside. Sāsū dāruṇa, sasarā bhārī — tuja maja nāhīm urī. External-pressure does not nullify the inner-intimacy with the deva. Both can hold simultaneously.

3. Suddenly stuck to the body — no antara* explains being caught. Ēkāēkīm angīm jaḍalāsī. The deva's stuck-to-the-body is because there is no antara; the no-distance explains the catching*.

4. The deva is chatura-bhōgi — enjoys with the bhakta but keeps lōka-ācāra*. Bhōgiyā catura — bhōga bhōgī tyāñcā rākhē lōka-ācāra. The radical-claim: the deva enjoys with the bhakta inwardly while keeping social-form outwardly. Don't expect the bhakti-event to disrupt all lōka-ācāra; the deva-as-clever-enjoyer keeps both*.

For today: recognize you don't come alone in the wilderness; family-pressure outside doesn't nullify inner-intimacy; the deva's-being-stuck-to-the-body explains itself by no-distance; the deva is the chatura-bhōgi who maintains both inner-bhōga and outer-lōka-ācāra.

This abhang is the deva-as-chatura-bhōgi image: the deva manages both the inner-tryst and the outer-social-conduct. Bhakti is not anti-social-form; it operates beneath the form. (Compare 378 parā-bhakti distracted-but-absorbed; same dual-state register.)

मराठी: ही ओवी bhakta-hidden-tryst-with-deva-keeps-lōka-ācāra register नाव सांगते:

1. या rāṇē* मध्ये तुम्ही एकटे येत नाही. एकली न येतें मी. जगाच्या wilderness मध्ये तुम्ही एकटे नाही — तो सोबत असतो. Avaghaḍa-filled-rāṇē ने despair नका; तुम्ही accompanied आहात*.

2. Family-pressure बाहेर; total-intimacy आत. सासू दारुण सासरा भारी — तुज मज नाहीं उरी. External-pressure inner-intimacy nullify करत नाही. दोन्ही simultaneously hold होऊ शकतात.

3. Suddenly body ला stuck — no antara* ने caught होणं explain होतं. एकाएकीं अंगीं जडलासी. Deva चं body-stuck कारण antara नाही; No-distance ने catching explain होतं*.

4. Deva chatura-bhōgi — bhakta सोबत enjoy करतो पण lōka-ācāra* keep करतो. भोगिया चतुर — भोग भोगी त्यांचा राखे लोकाचार. Radical-claim: Deva inwardly bhakta सोबत enjoy करतो outwardly social-form keep करतो. Bhakti-event सर्व lōka-ācāra disrupt करेल expect नका; Deva-as-clever-enjoyer दोन्ही keep करतो*.

आज: Wilderness मध्ये तुम्ही alone नाही ओळखा; Family-pressure बाहेर inner-intimacy nullify करत नाही; Deva चं body-stuck no-distance ने explain होतं; Deva chatura-bhōgi जो inner-bhōga आणि outer-lōka-ācāra दोन्ही maintain करतो.

Deva-as-chatura-bhōgi image: Deva inner-tryst आणि outer-social-conduct दोन्ही manage करतो. Bhakti anti-social-form नाही; form च्या खाली operate करते. (378 parā-bhakti distracted-but-absorbed compare — same dual-state register.)

Where this applies

• You don't come alone. Companioned in the rāṇē.
• External-pressure ≠ inner-intimacy disruption. Both hold.
• No antara explains catching. Deva-stuck-because-of-no-distance.
• Deva is chatura-bhōgi; keeps lōka-ācāra. Both inner and outer.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2467
• Abhanga 4481
• Abhanga 4482
• Abhanga 4497