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Abhanga 434

Clear away built-up craving, keep remembering the divine in your own natural way at every moment, because at life's end effort no longer helps, only what you've already given lets you finally come to rest.

When the entire deva is in jana and vana, vāsanā-place wiped — and you have to recognize this register

When making Vāsudeva-jōḍī is the practice — and you accept this acquaintance-rule

When no coming-going; became Vāsudeva-residing — and you receive this final-state

The verse

रामकृष्ण गीती गात । टाळ चिपळ्या वाजवीत । छंदें आपुलिया नाचत । नीज घेऊनि फिरत गा ॥१॥ जनीं वनीं हा अवघा देव । वासनेचा हा पुसावा ठाव । मग वोळगती वासुदेव । ऐसा मनीं वसूं द्यावा भाव गा ॥ध्रु.॥ निज दासाची थोर आवडी । वासुदेवासि लागली गोडी । मुखीं नाम उच्चारी घडोघडीं । ऐसी करा हे वासुदेवजोडी गा ॥२॥ अवघा सारूनि सेवट जाला । प्रयत्न न चले कांहीं केला । जागा होई सांडुनि झोपेला । दान देई वासुदेवालागा ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे रे धन्य त्याचें जिणें । जींहीं घातलें वासुदेवा दान । त्याला न लगे येणें जाणें । जालें वासुदेवीं राहणे गा ॥४॥ ॥६॥

Literal translation

Singing Rāma-Krishna-gītī — playing ṭāḷa-ciplyā — dancing in own chand — sleep-take-and-turn. In jana and vana — the entire deva — wipe vāsanā-place — then Vāsudeva will favor — let this bhāva dwell in mana. Great āvaḍī of nija-dāsa — gōḍī to Vāsudeva — uccāra Name every-moment — make Vāsudeva-jōḍī. All-completed śēvaṭa — prayatna doesn't avail — wake leaving sleep — give dāna to Vāsudeva. Tuka says: dhanya their jiṇē — those who gave dāna at Vāsudeva — no yēṇē-jāṇē — became Vāsudeva-rāhaṇē. (Closes the 6 Vāsudeva abhangs.)

मराठी: रामकृष्ण गीती गात — टाळ चिपळ्या वाजवीत — छंदें आपुलिया नाचत — नीज घेऊनि फिरत. जनीं वनीं हा अवघा देव — वासनेचा हा पुसावा ठाव — मग वोळगती वासुदेव — ऐसा मनीं वसूं द्यावा भाव. निज दासाची थोर आवडी — वासुदेवासि लागली गोडी — मुखीं नाम उच्चारी घडोघडीं — ऐसी करा हे वासुदेवजोडी. अवघा सारूनि सेवट जाला — प्रयत्न न चले कांहीं केला — जागा होई सांडुनि झोपेला — दान देई वासुदेवालागा. तुकाराम म्हणतां — धन्य त्याचें जिणें — जींहीं घातलें वासुदेवा दान — त्याला न लगे येणें जाणें — जालें वासुदेवीं राहणे. (६ Vāsudeva abhangs ची समाप्ती.)

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
रामकृष्ण गीती गात	"Rāma-Krishna-gītī — singing"
टाळ चिपळ्या वाजवीत	"ṭāḷa-ciplyā — playing"
छंदें आपुलिया नाचत	"in own chand — dancing"
नीज घेऊनि फिरत	"sleep-take-and-turn"
जनीं वनीं हा अवघा देव	"in jana and vana — the entire deva"
वासनेचा हा पुसावा ठाव	"vāsanā-place — wipe"
मग वोळगती वासुदेव	"then Vāsudeva will favor"
ऐसा मनीं वसूं द्यावा भाव	"let this bhāva dwell in mana"
निज दासाची थोर आवडी	"great āvaḍī of nija-dāsa"
वासुदेवासि लागली गोडी	"gōḍī to Vāsudeva"
मुखीं नाम उच्चारी घडोघडीं	"uccāra Name in mouth — every-moment"
ऐसी करा हे वासुदेवजोडी	"make Vāsudeva-jōḍī"
अवघा सारूनि सेवट जाला	"all-completed — śēvaṭa came"
प्रयत्न न चले कांहीं केला	"prayatna doesn't avail"
जागा होई सांडुनि झोपेला	"wake — leaving sleep"
दान देई वासुदेवालागा	"give dāna to Vāsudeva"
धन्य त्याचें जिणें	"dhanya — their jiṇē"
जींहीं घातलें वासुदेवा दान	"those who placed dāna at Vāsudeva"
त्याला न लगे येणें जाणें	"no yēṇē-jāṇē for them"
जालें वासुदेवीं राहणे	"became Vāsudeva-rāhaṇē"
॥६॥	"(closing 6 Vāsudeva abhangs)"

What it means

The closing of the Vāsudeva cluster (cf. ॥६॥ marker). Five claims:

रामकृष्ण गीती गात — टाळ चिपळ्या वाजवीत — छंदें आपुलिया नाचत — नीज घेऊनि फिरत — singing Rāma-Krishna-gītī — playing ṭāḷa-ciplyā — dancing in own chand — sleep-take-and-turn. The opening-form: theVāsudeva-singersingsRāma-Krishna-gītī;plays cymbals; dances in his own rhythm;takes rest and turns back.The full form-of-the-Vāsudeva.
जनीं वनीं हा अवघा देव — वासनेचा हा पुसावा ठाव — मग वोळगती वासुदेव — ऐसा मनीं वसूं द्यावा भाव — in jana and vana, entire deva — wipe vāsanā-place — then Vāsudeva will favor — let this bhāva dwell in mana. The condition-claim: the entiredevais injanaandvana(people-and-forest); wipe out thevāsanā-place(the place where desires settle); thenVāsudevawillvōḷagati(favor / be-pleased); let thisbhāvadwell inmana. Vāsanā-wipe; Vāsudeva-favor.
निज दासाची थोर आवडी — वासुदेवासि लागली गोडी — मुखीं नाम उच्चारी घडोघडीं — ऐसी करा हे वासुदेवजोडी — great āvaḍī of nija-dāsa — gōḍī to Vāsudeva — uccāra Name every-moment — make Vāsudeva-jōḍī. The practice-instruction: greatāvaḍī(preference) fornija-dāsa(one's own servant-state); gōḍī (sweetness) toward Vāsudeva; every-momentuccārathe Name; makeVāsudeva-jōḍī(Vāsudeva-acquaintance / Vāsudeva-pair). TheVāsudeva-jōḍīis the practice-aim.
अवघा सारूनि सेवट जाला — प्रयत्न न चले कांहीं केला — जागा होई सांडुनि झोपेला — दान देई वासुदेवालागा — all-completed śēvaṭa — prayatna doesn't avail — wake, leaving sleep — give dāna to Vāsudeva. The end-coming claim: all-things-completed — theśēvaṭa(end) has come; prayatna (effort) doesn't avail any more;wake, leaving sleep;give dāna to Vāsudeva. At the end, only Vāsudeva-dāna helps.
तुका म्हणे धन्य त्याचें जिणें — जींहीं घातलें वासुदेवा दान — त्याला न लगे येणें जाणें — जालें वासुदेवीं राहणे — Tuka says: dhanya their jiṇē — those who placed dāna at Vāsudeva — no yēṇē-jāṇē — became Vāsudeva-rāhaṇē. The closing-blessing: blessed is thejiṇē(life) of those whoplaced dāna at Vāsudeva; for them — noyēṇē-jāṇē(coming-going, rebirth); they havejālē Vāsudevīm rāhaṇē(become Vāsudeva-residing). Final-state: Vāsudeva-residing, no rebirth.

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For someone today

Tukaram closes this set of Vasudeva songs by describing a devotee singing Rama and Krishna's praises, playing cymbals, dancing in his own natural rhythm rather than copying anyone else. God isn't confined to temples, he's fully present in people and in the wilderness alike, so what you need to clear away is the buildup of craving that clouds your mind, and then that presence will draw close. Keep uttering the name at every moment and let your love for it grow sweeter, because when life's end finally comes, no amount of effort will help anymore, only what you've already given matters. Tukaram calls it a blessed life when someone has given themselves to the divine this way, because they need no more coming and going, they simply come to rest in God.

मराठी: तुकाराम महाराज या वासुदेव-गीतांच्या मालिकेचा शेवट करताना एका भक्ताचं वर्णन करतात, जो राम-कृष्णाची गीतं गातो, टाळ-चिपळ्या वाजवतो, आणि दुसऱ्याचं अनुकरण न करता स्वतःच्या नैसर्गिक ढंगात नाचतो. देव फक्त देवळात बंदिस्त नाही, तो माणसांमध्ये आणि रानावनात सारखाच पूर्णपणे भरलेला आहे, म्हणून मनात साचलेली वासना पुसून टाकायची गरज आहे, मग तीच उपस्थिती जवळ येते. प्रत्येक क्षणी नामाचा उच्चार करत राहा आणि त्याची गोडी अधिकाधिक वाढू द्या, कारण आयुष्याचा शेवट आला की मग कितीही प्रयत्न केला तरी उपयोग होत नाही, तेव्हा फक्त आधीच जे दिलं आहे तेच कामी येतं. तुकाराम महाराज म्हणतात की ज्याने असं स्वतःला देवाला अर्पण केलं, त्याचं जिणं धन्य आहे, कारण त्याला पुन्हा येणं-जाणं लागत नाही, तो सरळ देवातच विसावतो.

Where this applies

Sing in own chand; dance. Find your rhythm.
Vāsanā-placewiped →Vāsudeva-favor. Condition.
Vāsudeva-jōḍī via every-moment Name. Practice-aim.
At end, only Vāsudeva-dāna helps. Don't postpone.
Vāsudeva-rāhaṇē — final-state. Mokṣa as residence.