Abhanga 398

English: Sweet — but cannot be told — embrace of āvaḍī sets in.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A sweet-but-inexpressible-meeting abhang. Four claims:

1. गोड लागे परी सांगतां चि न ये — बैसे मिठी सये आवडीची — sweet but cannot be told — embrace of āvaḍī sets in. The opening-claim: (it) is sweet, but cannot be told (cannot be expressed in speech); the embrace of āvaḍī (preference / love) sets in. Inexpressible-sweetness; embrace of love.

2. वेधलें वो येणें श्रीरंगरंगें — मीमाजी अंगें हारपलीं — pierced by Śrīranga-ranga — mī dissolved bodily. The piercing-claim: pierced by Śrīranga-ranga (the color of Śrīranga, Krishna); the mī (I-sense) dissolved in the body. I-sense lost in the deva-color.

3. परते चि ना दृष्टी बैसली ते ठायीं — विसावोनि पायीं ठेलें मन — dṛṣṭi doesn't move from where set — resting at feet, mana stayed. The fixity-claim: the dṛṣṭi does not move from where it has been set; resting at the feet, the mana stayed. Both gaze and mind fixed.

4. तुकयाच्या स्वामीसवें जाली भेटी — तेव्हां जाली तुटी मागिल्यांची — with Tukya-svāmī, bhēṭi happened — then tuṭī with previous-things. The closing-claim: with Tukya-svāmī, the bhēṭi happened; then — tuṭī (break) with previous-things. The meeting is the break with the past.

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For someone today

This abhang names the inexpressible-meeting-and-break-with-past register:

1. Some sweetness cannot be told. Gōḍa lāgē parī sāngatām ci na yē. Don't expect to be able to articulate the deepest-bhakti-sweetness in speech; receive the inexpressibility.

2. The embrace of āvaḍī* sets in. Baisē miṭhī sayē āvaḍīcī. Love-embrace settles; let it settle*.

3. Pierced by Śrīranga-ranga; mī* dissolves. Vēdhalē Śrīranga-rangē — mīmāji angē hārapalīm. In the deep-bhakti color, the I-sense dissolves bodily. Don't fear the dissolution*.

4. Dṛṣṭi fixed; mana rests at feet. Paratē ci nā dṛṣṭī — viśāvōnī pāyīm ṭhēlē mana. Both gaze and mind fixed at the feet; this is the meeting-state*.

5. The meeting brings the tuṭī* with previous-things. Bhēṭi jālī — tuṭī māgilyāmcī. The deep-bhakti-meeting breaks the past; the previous-attachments fall away in the meeting*.

For today: don't try to articulate the inexpressible-sweetness; let the embrace of āvaḍī settle; let Śrīranga-ranga pierce and dissolve the mī; let your dṛṣṭi fix and mana rest at the feet; expect the meeting to bring break with the past.

This abhang is one of Tukaram's most-condensed on the meeting-with-deva-as-break-with-past: every claim points to a step in the meeting-trajectory.

मराठी: ही ओवी inexpressible-meeting-and-break-with-past register नाव सांगते:

1. काही गोडी सांगता येत नाही. गोड लागे परी सांगतां चि न ये. Deepest-bhakti-sweetness articulate करायचा प्रयत्न नका; Inexpressibility receive करा.

2. Āvaḍī चं embrace बसतं. बैसे मिठी सये आवडीची. Love-embrace settles; Settle होऊ द्या*.

3. Śrīranga-ranga ने pierce; mī dissolves. वेधलें श्रीरंगरंगें — मीमाजी अंगें हारपलीं. Deep-bhakti color मध्ये I-sense bodily dissolve. Dissolution घाबरू नका*.

4. Dṛṣṭi fixed; mana पायी rests. परते चि ना दृष्टी — विसावोनि पायीं ठेलें मन. दोन्ही gaze आणि mind पायी fixed; meeting-state*.

5. Meeting tuṭī* आणतं previous-things सोबत. भेटी जाली — तुटी मागिल्यांची. Deep-bhakti-meeting past तोडतं; Previous-attachments meeting मध्ये fall away*.

आज: Inexpressible-sweetness articulate करायचा प्रयत्न नका; āvaḍī चं embrace settle होऊ द्या; Śrīranga-ranga ने pierce आणि mī dissolve होऊ द्या; Dṛṣṭi fix आणि mana पायी rest होऊ द्या; Meeting past तोडेल expect करा.

Tukaram च्या meeting-with-deva-as-break-with-past वर most-condensed पैकी एक: प्रत्येक claim meeting-trajectory च्या एका step कडे point करतो.

Where this applies

• Inexpressible sweetness. Don't articulate.
• Embrace of āvaḍī settles. Let it.
• Śrīranga-ranga dissolves mī. Don't fear.
• Dṛṣṭi-and-mana fixed. Meeting-state.
• Tuṭī with previous-things. Past breaks.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2374
• Abhanga 2377 — English: Gentle, sweet bāla-rūpa — that form from Kāḷī-time.
• Abhanga 2387
• Abhanga 2402