Abhanga 464

English: Throw rukā, cala, rāṇḍē — why have you made gōvī?

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A throw-rukā-untie-the-knot women-bhakta abhang. Continuation of the women-bhakta-dance cluster. Rāṇḍē — literally low-woman / outsider-woman; here used as an inner-address to the bhakta-self or to a woman-companion in the dance. (Compare 0383 Khasama-ahamkāra-dādulā; the rāṇḍē register is Tukaram's bridal-mystic / sakhī-dance idiom.) Four claims:

1. टाक रुका चाल रांडे — कां गे केली गोवी — पुसोनियां आलें ठाव म्हणोनि देतें सिवी — throw rukā, cala, rāṇḍē — why have you made gōvī? — came to the place, therefore curse. The opening-call: throw the rukā (coin / fee); walk on, rāṇḍē; why have you made gōvī (entanglement / knotting)?; having asked-around, you came to this place — that's why I curse you. Affectionate-curse to the entangled-bhakta.

2. आतां येणें छंदें नाचों विनोदें — नाहीं या गोविंदें माझें मजसी केलें — now in this chand, dance vinōda — what isn't from Govinda — He made me my-self. The Govinda-made-me-myself claim: now in this chand (rhythm), let's dance with vinōda (playful-amusement); what (in me) is not from this Govinda?; He has made me-as-myself. The bhakta is Govinda-made-self.

3. कोरडे ते बोल कांगे वेचितेसी वांयां — वर्ते करूनि दावीं तुझ्या मुळीचिया ठाया — dry words, why spend in vain — show by making — at muḷīcyā ṭhāya. The show-by-doing rule: don't spend dry-words in vain; show by vart-karūnī (acting / making it real); at the muḷīcyā ṭhāya (root-place). Action at the root-place, not dry-words elsewhere.

4. याजसाठीं म्या डौर धरियेला हातीं — तुका म्हणे तुम्हा गांठी सोडायाची खंती — therefore I held the ḍaura in hand — Tuka says: for you, gāṭhī sōḍāyācī khamtī. The closing-claim: for this reason, I have held the ḍaura (drum) in my hand; Tuka says: for you all, gāṭhī sōḍāyācī khamtī (the difficulty is in untying-the-knot). The bhakti-drum is for the knot-untying.

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For someone today

This abhang names the throw-rukā-untie-the-knot register:

1. Throw the rukā; walk on; don't make gōvī*. Ṭāka rukā cāla — gōvī. Don't entangle yourself in coin-counting and place-asking; just throw the rukā and walk*.

2. Govinda has made me my-self; nothing in me isn't from Him. Govindē mājhē majasī kelē. The deepest-self-claim: the bhakta-self is Govinda-made; don't think of self as separate-from-Govinda. (Compare 0426 mī mājī harapalē and 0444 hamēm tumhēm nahīm; same non-dual register, here in feminine-bhakti voice.)

3. Dry-words spent in vain; vart-karūnī dāvīm* — show by making. Vart-karūnī dāvīm tujhyā muḷīcyā ṭhāyā. Don't waste dry-words elsewhere; act at the root-place. Action-at-root-place is the only-show*.

4. Tuka holds the ḍaura* — for the knot-untying. Ḍaura dharilā — gāṭhī sōḍāyācī khamtī. The bhakti-drum is the instrument for untying-the-knot; the difficulty for everyone is the knot-untying. Drum-as-knot-loosener*.

For today: throw the rukā, don't make gōvī; recognize that Govinda has made you-as-yourself; don't spend dry-words; show-by-making at the root-place; the bhakti-drum unties the knot.

This abhang is one of Tukaram's-deepest non-dual-bhakti claims: Govinda made me my-self. Compare 0444 hamēm tumhēm nahīm; same advaita-claim, here in women-dance register.

मराठी: ही ओवी throw-rukā-untie-the-knot register नाव सांगते:

1. Rukā throw करा; cala; gōvī नका. टाक रुका चाल — गोवी. Coin-counting आणि place-asking मध्ये entangle होऊ नका; rukā throw आणि walk*.

2. Govinda ने मला-स्वतःसारखं केलं; माझ्यात काहीही त्याच्यापासून नाही असं नाही. गोविंदें माझें मजसी केलें. Deepest-self-claim: Bhakta-self Govinda-made; Self ला Govinda पासून separate समजू नका. (0426 mī mājī harapalē आणि 0444 hamēm tumhēm nahīm* compare; same non-dual register feminine-bhakti voice मध्ये.)

3. Dry-words वांयां spend; vart-karūnī dāvīm* — making ने show करा. वर्ते करूनि दावीं तुझ्या मुळीचिया ठाया. Elsewhere dry-words waste नका; root-place वर act करा. Root-place वर action only-show*.

4. Tuka ḍaura* धरतो — knot-untying साठी. डौर धरिला — गांठी सोडायाची खंती. Bhakti-drum knot-untying ला instrument; सर्वांसाठी difficulty knot-untying. Drum-as-knot-loosener*.

आज: Rukā throw करा, gōvī नका; Govinda ने तुम्हाला-स्वतःसारखं केलं ओळखा; Dry-words spend नका; root-place वर show-by-making करा; Bhakti-drum knot उघडतो*.

Tukaram च्या deepest non-dual-bhakti claims पैकी एक: Govinda made me my-self. 0444 hamēm tumhēm nahīm compare; same advaita-claim, here women-dance register मध्ये.

Where this applies

• Throw rukā, walk; no gōvī. Anti-entanglement.
• Govinda made me my-self. Non-dual claim.
• Show-by-making at root-place. Anti-dry-words.
• Ḍaura for knot-untying.** Bhakti-drum.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2374
• Abhanga 2377 — English: Gentle, sweet bāla-rūpa — that form from Kāḷī-time.
• Abhanga 2387
• Abhanga 2402