Abhanga 458
Keep your heart pure like a clean vessel, stop fighting over sects since the divine is both smallest and greatest, and offer shelter and the sacred Name freely to everyone.
The verse
पव्हे घातली सर्वत्र । पंथीं अवघे पंथ मात्र । इच्छाभोजनाचें आर्त पुरवावया ॥१॥ पात्र शुद्ध पाहिजे बरवें । मंगळभावें सकळ हरि म्हणा रे ॥२॥ नेदी नाचों मताचिया बळें । अणु अणोरणीया आगळें । महदि महदा साक्षित्वें हरि म्हणा रे ॥३॥ विश्रांति कल्पतरूची साउली । सकळां वर्णां सेवितां भली । म्हणा हर हर महादेव ॥४॥ या रे वंदूं शिखरातळ । चैत्रमास पर्वकाळ महादेवदर्शनें ॥५॥
Literal translation
Pavhē set up everywhere — on the path, all simply on the path — to fulfill icchā-bhojana ārta. Pātra must be pure-good — auspiciously, all — say Hari. Don't let mata dance by force — aṇu aṇoraṇīyā āgaḷē, mahadi mahadā — by witness — say Hari. Viśrānti — kalpataru-sāūlī — all varṇas serving good — say Hara-Hara Mahādeva. Come, let's bow at śikhara-tala — Caitra-māsa parva-kāḷa — Mahādeva-darśana.
मराठी: पव्हे घातली सर्वत्र — पंथीं अवघे पंथ मात्र — इच्छाभोजनाचें आर्त पुरवावया. पात्र शुद्ध पाहिजे बरवें — मंगळभावें सकळ हरि म्हणा रे. नेदी नाचों मताचिया बळें — अणु अणोरणीया आगळें महदि महदा — साक्षित्वें हरि म्हणा रे. विश्रांति कल्पतरूची साउली — सकळां वर्णां सेवितां भली — म्हणा हर हर महादेव. या रे वंदूं शिखरातळ — चैत्रमास पर्वकाळ — महादेवदर्शनें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
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| पव्हे घातली सर्वत्र | "pavhē set up everywhere" |
| पंथीं अवघे पंथ मात्र | "on the path — all simply on the path" |
| इच्छाभोजनाचें आर्त पुरवावया | "to fulfill icchā-bhojana ārta" |
| पात्र शुद्ध पाहिजे बरवें | "pātra must be pure-good" |
| मंगळभावें सकळ हरि म्हणा रे | "auspiciously — all — say Hari" |
| नेदी नाचों मताचिया बळें | "don't let mata dance by force" |
| अणु अणोरणीया आगळें महदि महदा | "smaller than smallest, greater than great" |
| साक्षित्वें हरि म्हणा रे | "by witness — say Hari" |
| विश्रांति कल्पतरूची साउली | "viśrānti — kalpataru-sāūlī" |
| सकळां वर्णां सेवितां भली | "all varṇas serving — good" |
| म्हणा हर हर महादेव | "say Hara-Hara Mahādeva" |
| या रे वंदूं शिखरातळ | "come, bow at śikhara-tala" |
| चैत्रमास पर्वकाळ महादेवदर्शनें | "Caitra-māsa parva-kāḷa — Mahādeva-darśana" |
What it means
A Mahādeva-Caitra-pilgrimage Hari-Hara-syncretism abhang. Companion to 0457 in the same syncretic-register. Five claims:
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पव्हे घातली सर्वत्र — पंथीं अवघे पंथ मात्र — इच्छाभोजनाचें आर्त पुरवावया — pavhē set up everywhere — all on the path — to fulfill icchā-bhojana ārta. The opening-image: thepavhē(free-water-station provided to pilgrims along Maharashtra's pilgrim-paths) is set up everywhere; all arepamtha-mātra(just on the path); to fulfill theicchā-bhojana-ārta(longing for desired-meal). Pilgrim-hospitality image.
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पात्र शुद्ध पाहिजे बरवें — मंगळभावें सकळ हरि म्हणा रे — pātra must be pure-good — auspiciously, all say Hari. The vessel-purity-claim: the receiving-vessel must be pure-good; sayHariwith auspicious-bhāva — all of you. Receptive-purity matters.
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नेदी नाचों मताचिया बळें — अणु अणोरणीया आगळें — महदि महदा साक्षित्वें हरि म्हणा रे — don't let mata dance by force — smaller than smallest, greater than great — by witness, say Hari. The anti-sectarianism / both-extremes claim: don't let mata-disputes dance by force; the deva isaṇu aṇoraṇīyā āgaḷē(smaller than the smallest) andmahadi mahadā(greater than the great); by witness — sayHari. (Aṇoraṇīyā mahatō mahīyān echoes Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.20.)
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विश्रांति कल्पतरूची साउली — सकळां वर्णां सेवितां भली — म्हणा हर हर महादेव — viśrānti — kalpataru-sāūlī — all varṇas serving good — say Hara-Hara Mahādeva. The kalpataru-shade-image: theviśrānti(rest) is the shade of thekalpataru(wish-tree); for allvarṇas(castes) — serving (this) is good; sayHara-Hara Mahādeva. All-castes-served by the wish-tree-shade; Mahādeva-name.
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या रे वंदूं शिखरातळ — चैत्रमास पर्वकाळ महादेवदर्शनें — come, bow at śikhara-tala — Caitra-māsa parva-kāḷa — Mahādeva-darśana. The closing-pilgrimage call: come, let us bow at theśikhara-tala(foot-of-the-peak); Caitra-māsa is theparva-kāḷa(festival-time); forMahādeva-darśana. Mahā-Śiva-rātri / Caitra-pilgrimage to a peak (likelyBhīmaśankaraorTryambakeśvaraorNaginātha).
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For someone today
Picture free water-stations set up all along a pilgrim road, ready for anyone who is simply walking the path and longing to be nourished. What matters is the purity of the vessel that receives that water, so keep your own heart clean and say the Name with a good and auspicious feeling. Don't let arguments over opinions and sects turn into a forced performance, because the divine is at once smaller than the smallest thing and greater than the greatest, beyond any single camp's claim. Like the shade of a wish-granting tree, real rest and shelter are open to everyone regardless of birth or status, and this abhang calls you to gather at the mountain's foot in the festival season for a shared vision of the sacred.
मराठी: कल्पना करा की यात्रेच्या वाटेवर सर्वत्र मोफत पाणपोया मांडलेल्या आहेत, जो कोणी नुसता वाटेने चालतोय आणि तृप्तीची आस धरतोय त्याच्यासाठी. महत्त्वाचे आहे ते पाणी झेलणारे पात्र किती शुद्ध आहे, म्हणून आपले मन निर्मळ ठेवा आणि मंगल भावाने हरिनाम घ्या. मतांच्या आणि पंथांच्या वादाला जबरदस्तीचा खेळ बनवू नका, कारण परमेश्वर अणूहूनही लहान आणि महानाहूनही मोठा आहे, कोणत्याही एका गटाच्या दाव्यापलीकडे. कल्पवृक्षाच्या सावलीसारखा खरा विसावा आणि आश्रय जात-पात न पाहता सर्वांसाठी खुला आहे, आणि ही ओवी उत्सवकाळात डोंगराच्या पायथ्याशी एकत्र येऊन दर्शन घेण्याचे आवाहन करते.
Where this applies
- Pavhē on every path. Pilgrim-hospitality.
- Pure vessel. Receptive.
- Anti-mata-dispute; aṇu-mahat both. Non-sectarian.
- Kalpatarufor allvarṇas. Egalitarian.
- Caitra-Mahādeva-pilgrimage. Calendrical.