Abhanga 456
This abhang names the fortune-telling-style folk-bhakti-counsel register:
The verse
ऐक बाई तुज वो कांहीं सांगतें शकुन । निजलिया भुर होसी जागें म्हणउन ॥१॥ मान्य माझें केलें सांगतें एका बोलें । न येतां हे भलें कळों कोणा लोकांसि ॥ध्रु.॥ सांगतें गुण जीवीची खुण ऐक माझी मात । बैस एका भावें माझे हातीं दे वो हात ॥२॥ बरवा घरचार तुज सांपडला ठाव । फळ नाहीं पोटीं येथें दिसे खोटा भाव ॥३॥ आहे तुझे हातीं एका नवसाचें फळ । भावा करीं साहए चहूं अठरांच्या बळें ॥४॥ करीं लागपाठ चित्त वित्त नको पाहों । अखई तो चुडा तुज भोगईल ना हो ॥५॥ कुळींची हे मुळी तुझे लागलीसे देवी । पडिला विसर नेदी फळ नाहीं ठावी ॥६॥ तुका म्हणे नांद सुखें धरीं आठवण । माझ्या येती कोणी त्यांचा राख बरा मान ॥७॥
Literal translation
English: Listen, lady — I tell śakuna — sleeping bhura, wake up. Accept what I say in ēka bōla — if it doesn't come, let no one know. Tell the guṇa — jīvīcī khūṇa — listen my māta — sit ēkā bhāvē — give hand to my hand. Well-arranged gharacāra — found a place — no fala in belly — khōṭā bhāva visible. In your hand is the navasa-fala — bring help by cahūm-aṭhārām strength. Do lāgapāṭha — don't look at citta-vitta — that akhayī cuḍā will not enjoy you. Kuḷī-cī mūḷī devī settled — visara fallen — gives no fala, no place known. Tuka says: live happily, hold āṭhavaṇa — for those of mine who come, keep the māna.
मराठी: ऐक बाई तुज वो कांहीं सांगतें शकुन — निजलिया भुर होसी जागें म्हणउन. मान्य माझें केलें सांगतें एका बोलें — न येतां हे भलें कळों कोणा लोकांसि. सांगतें गुण जीवीची खुण — ऐक माझी मात — बैस एका भावें — माझे हातीं दे हात. बरवा घरचार तुज सांपडला ठाव — फळ नाहीं पोटीं येथें दिसे खोटा भाव. आहे तुझे हातीं एका नवसाचें फळ — भावा करीं साहए चहूं अठरांच्या बळें. करीं लागपाठ चित्त वित्त नको पाहों — अखई तो चुडा तुज भोगईल ना हो. कुळींची हे मुळी तुझे लागलीसे देवी — पडिला विसर नेदी फळ नाहीं ठावी. तुकाराम म्हणतां — नांद सुखें धरीं आठवण — माझ्या येती कोणी त्यांचा राख बरा मान.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
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| ऐक बाई तुज वो कांहीं सांगतें शकुन | "listen, lady — I tell you some śakuna" |
| निजलिया भुर होसी जागें म्हणउन | "sleeping, bhura — wake up" |
| मान्य माझें केलें सांगतें एका बोलें | "accept what I say in ēka bōla" |
| न येतां हे भलें कळों कोणा लोकांसि | "if it doesn't come — let no one know" |
| सांगतें गुण जीवीची खुण | "tell the guṇa — jīvīcī khūṇa" |
| ऐक माझी मात | "listen my māta" |
| बैस एका भावें माझे हातीं दे वो हात | "sit ēkā bhāvē — give hand to my hand" |
| बरवा घरचार तुज सांपडला ठाव | "well-arranged gharacāra — found a place" |
| फळ नाहीं पोटीं येथें दिसे खोटा भाव | "no fala in belly — khōṭā bhāva visible" |
| आहे तुझे हातीं एका नवसाचें फळ | "in your hand is the navasa-fala" |
| भावा करीं साहए चहूं अठरांच्या बळें | "bring help — cahūm-aṭhārām strength" |
| करीं लागपाठ चित्त वित्त नको पाहों | "do lāgapāṭha — don't look at citta-vitta" |
| अखई तो चुडा तुज भोगईल ना हो | "that akhayī cuḍā — won't enjoy you" |
| कुळींची हे मुळी तुझे लागलीसे देवी | "kuḷī-cī mūḷī devī — settled on you" |
| पडिला विसर नेदी फळ नाहीं ठावी | "visara fallen — gives no fala, no place known" |
| नांद सुखें धरीं आठवण | "live happily, hold āṭhavaṇa" |
| माझ्या येती कोणी त्यांचा राख बरा मान | "for my-people who come, keep the māna" |
What it means
A fortune-telling-style folk-bhakti abhang. The voice is of a gōmdhaḷī / sākṣīṇa-female-fortune-teller speaking to a woman seeking divinatory advice. Tukaram assumes the folk-fortune-teller voice to deliver bhakti-counsel. Six claims:
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ऐक बाई तुज वो कांहीं सांगतें शकुन — निजलिया भुर होसी जागें म्हणउन — listen, lady — I tell some śakuna — sleeping bhura, wake up. The opening-call: the fortune-teller addresses the woman; tells some śakuna (omen); you've become bhura (lazy / sluggish) sleeping; wake up.
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मान्य माझें केलें सांगतें एका बोलें — न येतां हे भलें कळों कोणा लोकांसि — बैस एका भावें माझे हातीं दे वो हात — accept what I say in ēka bōla — if it doesn't come, let no one know — sit ēkā bhāvē, give hand. The consultation-instruction: accept what I tell with one word; if (some prediction) doesn't come true, let no one find out (= keep this private); sit with one-stance, give your hand to mine. Folk-divination-format.
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बरवा घरचार तुज सांपडला ठाव — फळ नाहीं पोटीं येथें दिसे खोटा भाव — well-arranged gharacāra — found a place — no fala in belly, false-stance visible. The current-state-reading: your household-arrangement is good; you've found a (settled) place; but there's no fruit (= child) in the belly; here a false-stance is visible. Diagnostic of childlessness due to inner-falsity.
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आहे तुझे हातीं एका नवसाचें फळ — भावा करीं साहए चहूं अठरांच्या बळें — करीं लागपाठ चित्त वित्त नको पाहों — अखई तो चुडा तुज भोगईल ना हो — in your hand is the navasa-fala — bring help by cahūm-aṭhārām strength — do lāgapāṭha — that akhayī cuḍā won't enjoy you. The prescription: the fruit of a navasa (vow) is in your hand; bring help by the strength of the cahūm-aṭhārām (the 4 Vedas and 18 Purāṇas); do lāgapāṭha (intense-recitation / intense-effort); don't worry about citta-vitta (mind-and-money); that akhayī cuḍā (imperishable-bangle = unbroken-marriage / married-life-through-the-husband's-life) will not enjoy you — meaning: if you don't do the lāgapāṭha, the akhayī-cuḍā state won't be available to you.
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कुळींची हे मुळी तुझे लागलीसे देवी — पडिला विसर नेदी फळ नाहीं ठावी — kuḷī-cī mūḷī devī settled — visara fallen — gives no fala, no place. The deity-diagnosis: the kuḷī-cī mūḷī devī (the deity of the family-lineage-root) has settled on you (= demanded attention); but visara (forgetting) has fallen (= the family has forgotten her); therefore she gives no fruit; no settled-place. Family-deity-neglect causes barrenness*.
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तुका म्हणे नांद सुखें धरीं आठवण — माझ्या येती कोणी त्यांचा राख बरा मान — Tuka says: live happily, hold āṭhavaṇa — for my-people who come, keep good māna. The closing-instruction: Tuka says: live happily; hold the āṭhavaṇa (remembrance); for those who come of mine (= bhaktas / fellow-travelers), keep the māna (honor). The fortune-teller speaks as Tuka here at last; the closing is bhakti-instruction.
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For someone today
This abhang names the fortune-telling-style folk-bhakti-counsel register:
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Wake up from bhura* (sluggish) sleeping. Bhura — jāgē. Don't be sluggish-asleep in your life; wake up to the śakuna (signs)*.
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Take counsel privately; don't broadcast. Na yētām kaḷō kōṇā lōkāsi. Some divinatory-or-bhakti-counsel is for you alone; don't broadcast it.
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Outward-arrangement is good; inner-falsity blocks the fruit. Bharavā gharacāra — fala nāhīm — khōṭā bhāva. Even with good outward-life, inner-falsity blocks the fruit (literal-child or metaphorical-flowering).
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Do lāgapāṭha; don't worry about money or mind; the akhayī-cuḍā* depends on it. Lāgapāṭha — citta-vitta nakō. Intense-effort is the way; the imperishable-married-life depends on this effort. (Or, the unbroken-bhakti depends on this effort*.)
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The kuḷa-mūla-devī has settled on you — but visara* has fallen. Kuḷa-mūla devī lāgalī — visara paḍilā. Family-lineage deity is calling for attention; the family has forgotten her; that's why no fruit*.
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Live happily; hold āṭhavaṇa; keep good māna* for the bhakta-companions. Nāmda sukhē — āṭhavaṇa — māna. Live in sukha; hold remembrance; honor the bhakta-companions who come*.
For today: if your life has outward-good but no flowering — diagnose inner-falsity; do lāgapāṭha; honor the family-lineage-deity; live happily, remember, honor bhakta-companions.
This abhang is Tukaram in a folk-fortune-teller register — taking the gōmdhaḷī-female-divinatory form to deliver bhakti-counsel. Compare 0432-0434 Vāsudeva-form, 441-444 Hindavi-fakir-form, 453-454 gōmdhaḷa-form; all folk-mendicant / divinatory forms. Tukaram's range across folk-spiritual-roles in 17th-century Maharashtra is documented here.
मराठी: ही ओवी fortune-telling-style folk-bhakti-counsel register नाव सांगते:
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Bhura (sluggish) sleeping पासून wake up. भुर — जागे. आयुष्यात sluggish-asleep नका; Śakuna (signs) कडे wake up.
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Counsel privately घ्या; broadcast नका. न येतां कळो कोणा लोकांसि. काही divinatory-or-bhakti-counsel फक्त तुमच्यासाठी; broadcast नका.
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Outward-arrangement good; inner-falsity फळ block करतं. बरवा घरचार — फळ नाहीं — खोटा भाव. Outward-life चांगलं असून, inner-falsity फळ (literal-child किंवा metaphorical-flowering) block करतं.
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Lāgapāṭha करा; मन-पैसा बघू नका; akhayī-cuḍā त्यावर depends. लागपाठ — चित्त वित्त नको. Intense-effort मार्ग; Imperishable-married-life त्यावर depends. (किंवा, Unbroken-bhakti त्यावर depends*.)
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Kuḷa-mūla-devī तुमच्यावर settled — पण visara fallen. कुळ-मूळ देवी लागली — विसर पडला. Family-lineage deity attention magate; Family ने तिला विसरलं; म्हणून फळ नाही*.
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Sukhē राहा; āṭhavaṇa धरा; bhakta-companions ला māna* द्या. नांद सुखें — आठवण — मान. Sukha मध्ये राहा; remembrance धरा; bhakta-companions ज्यांना येतात honor करा*.
आज: Outward-good पण flowering नसेल — inner-falsity diagnose करा; Lāgapāṭha करा; Family-lineage-deity ला honor करा; Sukhē राहा, remember, bhakta-companions ला honor करा.
Tukaram च folk-fortune-teller register मध्ये — Gōmdhaḷī-female-divinatory form घेऊन bhakti-counsel. 0432-0434 Vāsudeva-form, 441-444 Hindavi-fakir-form, 453-454 gōmdhaḷa-form compare; सर्व folk-mendicant / divinatory forms. 17th-century Maharashtra मध्ये Tukaram च folk-spiritual-roles range इथे documented.
Where this applies
- Wake from bhura-sleeping. Śakuna signs.
- Counsel privately. Don't broadcast.
- Outward-good, inner-false blocks fruit. Diagnostic.
- Lāgapāṭha; don't worry money-mind. Effort-prescription.
- Kuḷa-mūla-devī with visara. Family-deity neglect.
- Live happy; remember; honor companions. Closing.