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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 431 of 4582

Abhanga 431

Give openly and without excuses the moment you're called, because one sincere, united mind offered to God is enough, and that offering is the true fruit of life.

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

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 nirāsadharma 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, ṭāḷaghōṣaNārāyaṇa"
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 "dharmasāra-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 लोचनwake — give some dāna — don't hearing close lōcana. The opening-call: wake up and give somedāna; don't, on hearing (the call), close your eyes (= ignore). Wake-and-give; don't ignore.

  2. चिपळ्या टाळ हातीं मुखीं घोष — नारायणाciplyā, 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 नाहींgive but don't take mīsa — ahead, turning vinmukha is not good. The no-excuse rule: give the dāna; don't takemīsa(excuse, evasion); ahead,turning-awayis 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 संसारासone 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: onecittaunited (with the deva) is enough; don'tvātāhāta(destroy) for-that-purpose-alone; don't takebhāra(heavy-burden); don'tnirāsa(despair); dharma is the sāra-phaḷa (essential-fruit) for samsāra. Minimum-investment, not maximum-burden.

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

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For someone today

Wake up and give something, don't pretend you didn't hear the call. Join in openly, cymbals in hand, calling out Narayana's name aloud, rather than keeping your devotion private and hidden. Give without excuses, because turning away later only brings regret. You don't need to exhaust yourself or take on some enormous burden, one sincere, united mind is enough. That small, honest offering is the real fruit worth taking from this life, and without recognizing it, Tukaram warns, a person drifts toward a terrible end.

मराठी: जागे व्हा आणि काहीतरी द्या, हाक ऐकूनही न ऐकल्यासारखं करू नका. डोळे झाकून घेण्याऐवजी हातात चिपळ्या-टाळ घेऊन उघडपणे सामील व्हा आणि तोंडाने नारायणाचा घोष करा. देताना सबबी सांगू नका, कारण पुढे जाऊन विन्मुख होणं बरं नसतं. स्वतःला थकवून, मोठा भार घेऊन काही करायची गरज नाही, एक चित्त एकवटलं तरी पुरेसं आहे. हेच थोडंसं प्रामाणिक अर्पण संसारातून घ्यायचं खरं फळ आहे, आणि हे ओळखलं नाही तर तुकाराम महाराज सांगतात की माणूस भयंकर अवस्थेकडे जातो.

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