Abhanga 426
When the sense of 'I and mine' quietly falls away in deep inner stillness, trust it: it is the same path earlier saints walked, and it calls you to drop attachment and live from oneness.
The verse
मी माजी हारपलें ठायीं जेथींचा तेथें । अदृश्य तें चि जालें कांहीं दृश्य जें होतें ॥१॥ सुखी मी निजलों गा शून्य सारूनि तेथें । त्रिकूटशिखरीं गा दान मिळे आइतें ॥ध्रु.॥ न मागें मी भीक आतां हा चि जाला भरवसा । वोळली सत्रावी गा तिणें पुरविली इच्छा ॥२॥ घेऊनि आला दान निजतत्व निजबोध । स्वरूपीं मेळविलें नांव ठेविला भेद ॥३॥ मागोनि आली वाट सिद्धिओळीचि तैसी । तरले तरले गा आणीक ही विश्वासी ॥४॥ म्हणोनि संग टाकी सेवीं अद्वैत भाव । तुका म्हणे हा चि संतीं मागें केला उपाव ॥५॥
Literal translation
Mī mājī lost — where-it-was, there — what was dṛśya became adṛśya. Sukhī I lay — pushing śūnya — at trikūṭa-śikhara — dāna ready. Won't beg now — this bharavasā — Satravī emerged — fulfilled icchā. Brought dāna — nija-tatva, nija-bōdha — joined in svarūpa — bhēda's name placed. Came back the way — like siddhi-ōḷī — they crossed, others with viśvāsa. Therefore drop sanga — serve advaita-bhāva. Tuka says: this — saints — have prescribed.
मराठी: मी माजी हारपलें ठायीं जेथींचा तेथें — अदृश्य तें चि जालें कांहीं दृश्य जें होतें. सुखी मी निजलों गा शून्य सारूनि तेथें — त्रिकूटशिखरीं गा दान मिळे आइतें. न मागें मी भीक आतां हा चि जाला भरवसा — वोळली सत्रावी गा तिणें पुरविली इच्छा. घेऊनि आला दान निजतत्व निजबोध — स्वरूपीं मेळविलें नांव ठेविला भेद. मागोनि आली वाट सिद्धिओळीचि तैसी — तरले तरले गा आणीक ही विश्वासी. तुकाराम म्हणतां — म्हणोनि संग टाकी सेवीं अद्वैत भाव — हा चि संतीं मागें केला उपाव.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| मी माजी हारपलें ठायीं जेथींचा तेथें | "mī mājī lost — where-it-was, there" |
| अदृश्य तें चि जालें कांहीं दृश्य जें होतें | "what was dṛśya — became adṛśya" |
| सुखी मी निजलों गा शून्य सारूनि तेथें | "sukhī I lay — pushing the śūnya" |
| त्रिकूटशिखरीं गा दान मिळे आइतें | "at trikūṭa-śikhara — dāna comes ready" |
| न मागें मी भीक आतां हा चि जाला भरवसा | "won't beg now — this became bharavasā" |
| वोळली सत्रावी गा तिणें पुरविली इच्छा | "Satravī emerged — fulfilled icchā" |
| घेऊनि आला दान निजतत्व निजबोध | "brought dāna — nija-tatva, nija-bōdha" |
| स्वरूपीं मेळविलें नांव ठेविला भेद | "joined in svarūpa — bhēda's name placed" |
| मागोनि आली वाट सिद्धिओळीचि तैसी | "came back the way — like siddhi-ōḷī" |
| तरले तरले गा आणीक ही विश्वासी | "they crossed — others with viśvāsa" |
| म्हणोनि संग टाकी सेवीं अद्वैत भाव | "therefore drop sanga — serve advaita-bhāva" |
| संतीं मागें केला उपाव | "saints — have prescribed (this) upāva" |
What it means
A mī-mājī-lost-advaita-realization-yogic-experience abhang. Six claims:
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मी माजी हारपलें ठायीं जेथींचा तेथें — अदृश्य तें चि जालें कांहीं दृश्य जें होतें — mī mājī lost — where-it-was, there — what was dṛśya became adṛśya. The opening-realization: themī mājī(I-and-mine) is lost — wherever-it-was, there; what was visible became invisible. I-and-mine dissolved; visible-invisible reverse.
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सुखी मी निजलों गा शून्य सारूनि तेथें — त्रिकूटशिखरीं गा दान मिळे आइतें — sukhī I lay — pushing śūnya — at trikūṭa-śikhara, dāna ready. The yogic-trikūṭa claim: I lay down sukhī — pushing theśūnya(void); at thetrikūṭa-śikhara(the three-peak summit, the brow-center / sahasrāra in some yogic-traditions), dāna comesāitē(ready, prepared). Yogic-summit experience.
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न मागें मी भीक आतां हा चि जाला भरवसा — वोळली सत्रावी गा तिणें पुरविली इच्छा — won't beg now — this bharavasā — Satravī emerged — fulfilled icchā. The Satravī-claim: I will not beg now — this has become mybharavasā(trust); theSatravī(theseventeenth— the seventeenthkaḷāof the moon in yogic-cosmology, the immortality-nectar) has emerged — fulfilled my icchā. The Satravī-kaḷā delivers the immortal-nectar. (Satravī — yogic-immortality-nectar in Hatha-yoga / Nāth-tradition.)
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घेऊनि आला दान निजतत्व निजबोध — स्वरूपीं मेळविलें नांव ठेविला भेद — brought dāna — nija-tatva, nija-bōdha — joined in svarūpa — bhēda's name placed. The advaita-claim: (brought) thedāna — nija-tatva (own-essence) and nija-bōdha (own-knowledge);joined into svarūpa (Self-form);bhēda's name placed (= bhēda removed, only name remains, name is also dissolved). Advaita-realization.
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मागोनि आली वाट सिद्धिओळीचि तैसी — तरले तरले गा आणीक ही विश्वासी — came back the way — like siddhi-ōḷī — they crossed, others with viśvāsa. The path-back claim: came back by the way (of the previoussiddhas); like thesiddhi-ōḷī(line of siddhas); they crossed (got across samsāra), others too withviśvāsa(faith). The siddha-path is repeatable.
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म्हणोनि संग टाकी सेवीं अद्वैत भाव — तुका म्हणे हा चि संतीं मागें केला उपाव — therefore drop sanga — serve advaita-bhāva — Tuka says: this — saints — prescribed. The closing-prescription: therefore dropsanga(attachment); serveadvaita-bhāva; Tuka says: this is what the saints have prescribed. Saints' upāva isadvaita-bhāva.
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For someone today
In this abhang, Tukaram describes what happens when the sense of 'I and mine' quietly dissolves: the world he used to see becomes strangely invisible, and instead of being frightening, this feels peaceful, like lying down at ease in deep inner stillness. Out of that stillness something arises on its own to fulfill him, so he no longer needs to beg or grasp for anything, because he now trusts what he has found within. He describes his true nature and his true understanding coming together as one, so that the very sense of separateness dissolves. He is careful to say this isn't a private, unrepeatable experience: earlier realized saints traveled this same road and reached the same place, so the path can be trusted. His conclusion is direct: let go of clinging attachment and live from that sense of oneness, because this is exactly what the saints have long recommended.
मराठी: या अभंगात तुकाराम सांगतात की, 'मी' आणि 'माझे' ही भावना शांतपणे विरून जाते, तेव्हा काय घडते. आधी जे दिसत होते ते अदृश्य वाटू लागते, पण यात भीती नसून खोल अंतरंगातील शांततेत सुखाने पहुडल्यासारखे वाटते. त्या शांततेतून आपोआप काहीतरी प्राप्त होते, ज्यामुळे आता कशासाठीही भीक मागायची किंवा बाहेर धावायची गरज उरत नाही, कारण आतमध्ये सापडलेल्या गोष्टीवर पूर्ण विश्वास बसतो. आपले खरे स्वरूप आणि खरी जाण एकरूप होतात, आणि भेदाची जाणीवही विरघळून जाते. हा अनुभव काही एकट्यापुरता किंवा विचित्र नाही, हे तुकाराम स्पष्ट करतात — आधीच्या सिद्ध संतांनीही हाच मार्ग चालून हेच गाठले आहे, त्यामुळे या वाटेवर विश्वास ठेवता येतो. म्हणून त्यांचा उपदेश स्पष्ट आहे: आसक्ती सोडा आणि अद्वैत भावाने जगा, कारण संतांनी हाच उपाय पूर्वीपासून सांगितला आहे.
Where this applies
- Mī-mājī dissolves. Don't fear.
- Śūnyapushed;trikūṭa-śikhara reached. Yogic-summit.
- Satravī fulfills. Immortality-nectar.
- Nija-tatva-bōdhajoined insvarūpa. Advaita.
- Siddhi-ōḷī path. Trust the line.
- Drop sanga; serve advaita-bhāva. Saints' upāya.