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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 431 of 4582

Abhanga 431

English: Wake up — give some dāna — don't hearing close lōcana.

When the call is to wake up and give dāna — don't take excuses — and you have to recognize this register
When one united citta is enough; don't destroy it — and you accept this minimum-claim
When without recognition you'll go to aghōra — and you receive this warning

The verse

जागे होउनि करा कांहीं दान । नका ऐकोनि झाकों लोचन गा ॥१॥ चिपळ्या टाळ हातीं मुखीं घोष । नारायणा गा ॥ध्रु.॥ द्या परी मीस घेऊं नका भाई । पुढें विन्मुख होतां बरें नाहीं गा ॥२॥ जालें एक चित्त तरी बहुत । तेवढ्यासाठीं नका करूं वाताहात गा ॥३॥ नका भार घेऊं करूं निरास । धर्म सारफळ संसारास गा ॥४॥ म्हणे तुकयाबंधु धरा । ओळखी नाहीं तरी जाल अघोरा गा ॥५॥

Literal translation

English: Wake up — give some dāna — don't hearing close lōcana. Ciplyā, ṭāḷa in hand — ghōṣa in mouth — Nārāyaṇa. Give — but don't take mīsa — ahead, turning vinmukha is not good. One citta united is enough — don't make vātāhāta for that. Don't take bhāra; don't make nirāsa — dharma is sāra-phaḷa for samsāra. Tuka's brother says: hold — without oḷakhī, go to aghōra.

मराठी: जागे होउनि करा कांहीं दान — नका ऐकोनि झाकों लोचन. चिपळ्या टाळ हातीं मुखीं घोष — नारायणा. द्या परी मीस घेऊं नका भाई — पुढें विन्मुख होतां बरें नाहीं. जालें एक चित्त तरी बहुत — तेवढ्यासाठीं नका करूं वाताहात. नका भार घेऊं करूं निरास — धर्म सारफळ संसारास. तुकयाबंधु म्हणे — धरा — ओळखी नाहीं तरी जाल अघोरा.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
जागे होउनि करा कांहीं दान "wake — give some dāna"
नका ऐकोनि झाकों लोचन "don't — hearing — close lōcana"
चिपळ्या टाळ हातीं मुखीं घोष नारायणा "ciplyā, ṭāḷa — ghōṣa — Nārāyaṇa"
द्या परी मीस घेऊं नका भाई "give — don't take mīsa (excuse)"
पुढें विन्मुख होतां बरें नाहीं "ahead — turning vinmukha — not good"
जालें एक चित्त तरी बहुत "one citta united is enough"
तेवढ्यासाठीं नका करूं वाताहात "don't make vātāhāta for that"
नका भार घेऊं करूं निरास "don't take bhāra; don't make nirāsa"
धर्म सारफळ संसारास "dharma — sāra-phaḷa for samsāra"
धरा ओळखी नाहीं तरी जाल अघोरा "hold; without oḷakhī — go to aghōra"

What it means

A wake-up-and-give-dāna abhang. Tukya-bamdhu mudra. Five claims:

  1. जागे होउनि करा कांहीं दान — नका ऐकोनि झाकों लोचन — wake — give some dāna — don't hearing close lōcana. The opening-call: wake up and give some dāna; don't, on hearing (the call), close your eyes (= ignore). Wake-and-give; don't ignore.

  2. चिपळ्या टाळ हातीं मुखीं घोष — नारायणा — ciplyā, ṭāḷa in hand — ghōṣa — Nārāyaṇa. The form-of-bhakti: cymbals (ciplyā, ṭāḷa) in hand; ghōṣa (loud-shout) in the mouth — Nārāyaṇa. Public-kīrtan-form*.

  3. द्या परी मीस घेऊं नका भाई — पुढें विन्मुख होतां बरें नाहीं — give but don't take mīsa — ahead, turning vinmukha is not good. The no-excuse rule: give the dāna; don't take mīsa (excuse, evasion); ahead, turning-away is not good. Don't evade; turning-away later is bad.

  4. जालें एक चित्त तरी बहुत — तेवढ्यासाठीं नका करूं वाताहात — नका भार घेऊं करूं निरास — धर्म सारफळ संसारास — one citta united is enough — don't vātāhāta for that — don't take bhāra, don't nirāsa — dharma is sāra-phaḷa for samsāra. The minimum-required claim: one citta united (with the deva) is enough; don't vātāhāta (destroy) for-that-purpose-alone; don't take bhāra (heavy-burden); don't nirāsa (despair); dharma is the sāra-phaḷa (essential-fruit) for samsāra. Minimum-investment, not maximum-burden*.

  5. तुकयाबंधु म्हणे धरा — ओळखी नाहीं तरी जाल अघोरा — Tukya's brother says: hold — without oḷakhī, you'll go to aghōra. The closing-warning: hold (the dharma); if you don't have oḷakhī (recognition), you will go to the aghōra (terrible-state, hell). No-recognition = aghōra-destination.

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For someone today

This abhang names the wake-up-give-dāna-don't-go-aghōra register:

  1. Wake up and give some dāna* — don't ignore. Jāgē hōuni karā kāmhī dāna. Don't pretend not-to-hear the bhakti-call; give some dāna*.

  2. Public-kīrtan-form: cymbals in hand, ghōṣa in mouth, Nārāyaṇa*. Ciplyā ṭāḷa hātīm — ghōṣa Nārāyaṇa. The form is public-and-vocal; don't keep it private-only*.

  3. Don't take mīsa* (excuse). Mīsa ghēūm nakā. Don't evade with excuses; turning vinmukha later is bad*.

  4. One citta* united is enough; don't destroy for that. Ēka citta tarī bahuta — vātāhāta nakā. The minimum is one citta united; don't burden yourself excessively-and-fail.

  5. Dharma is sāra-phaḷa for samsāra*. Dharma sāra-phaḷa samsārāsa. The dharma is the essential-fruit of samsāra; the only thing worth taking from samsāra is dharma-fruit*.

  6. Hold this; without oḷakhī, you go to aghōra*. Dharā — oḷakhī nāhīm tarī jāla aghōrā. Hold this teaching; without recognition (= bhakti-recognition), the destination is the aghōra (terrible-state)*.

For today: wake up and give dāna; use the public-kīrtan-form; don't take mīsa; one citta united is enough — don't over-burden; dharma is sāra-phaḷa for samsāra; hold; without oḷakhī, aghōra awaits.

This abhang is Kānhōbā's wake-up-call with minimum-required claim: one citta united is enough; the maximum-investment is not demanded; just one and Rāma**.

मराठी: ही ओवी wake-up-give-dāna-don't-go-aghōra register नाव सांगते:

  1. जागे होऊन dāna* द्या — ignore नका. जागे होउनि करा कांहीं दान. Bhakti-call ऐकू-येत-नाही असं pretend नका; काही dāna द्या*.

  2. Public-kīrtan-form: हातात ciplyā, मुखात ghōṣa, Nārāyaṇa*. चिपळ्या टाळ — घोष नारायणा. Form public-and-vocal; Private-only ठेवू नका*.

  3. Mīsa (excuse) घेऊ नका. मीस घेऊं नका. Excuses ने evade नका; नंतर vinmukha turn होणं bad*.

  4. एक citta* united पुरे; त्यासाठी destroy नका. एक चित्त तरी बहुत — वाताहात नका. Minimum one citta united; Excessively-and-fail burden नका*.

  5. Dharma samsāra चं sāra-phaḷa. धर्म सारफळ संसारास. Dharma samsāra चं essential-fruit; Samsāra मधून घ्यायचं फक्त dharma-fruit*.

  6. हे hold करा; oḷakhī नसेल — aghōra* कडे. धरा — ओळखी नाहीं तरी जाल अघोरा. हे teaching hold करा; Recognition (= bhakti-recognition) नसेल — destination aghōra (terrible-state)*.

आज: जागे व्हा dāna द्या; Public-kīrtan-form वापरा; Mīsa नका; एक citta united पुरे — over-burden नका; Dharma samsāra चं sāra-phaḷa; Hold; oḷakhī शिवाय aghōra वाट पाहतो*.

Kānhōbā चं wake-up-call with minimum-required claim: एक citta united पुरे; maximum-investment demanded नाही; फक्त एक आणि Rāma**.

Where this applies

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