Abhanga 468
When your inner life is truly emptied of attachment, there is no one left to feel ashamed before, and devotion can be lived openly instead of performed.
The verse
सम सपाट वेसनकाट निःसंग जालें सौरी । कुडपीयेला देश आतां येऊं नेदीं दुसरी ॥१॥ गाऊं रघुरामा हें चि उरलें आम्हां । नाहीं जीवतमा वित्तगोतासहीत ॥ध्रु.॥ ठाव जाला रिता झाकुनि काय आतां । कोणासवें लाज कोण दुजा पाहता ॥२॥ सौरीयांचा संग आम्हां दुरावलें जग । भिन्न जालें सुख भाव पालटला रंग ॥३॥ लाज भय झणी नाहीं तजियेलीं दोन्ही । फिराविला वेष नव्हों कोणाचीं च कोणी ॥४॥ तुका म्हणे हा आम्हां वेष दिला जेणें । जनाप्रचित सवें असों एकपणें ॥५॥
Literal translation
Sama-sapāṭa, vesana-kāṭa — niḥsanga became sōrī — dēśa fenced — won't let another come now. Sing Raghurāma — that alone remains — no jīvatama, vitta-gōta. Ṭhāva empty — covering what — lāja for whom — who is second-viewer. Sōrīyāmcā sanga — world distanced — sukha different — bhāva-ranga changed. Lāja, bhaya — both abandoned — veśa turned — no one's to anyone. Tuka says: this veśa given by Him — exist with jana-pracita as ēkapaṇē.
मराठी: सम सपाट वेसनकाट — निःसंग जालें सौरी — कुडपीयेला देश — आतां येऊं नेदीं दुसरी. गाऊं रघुरामा हें चि उरलें आम्हां — नाहीं जीवतमा वित्तगोतासहीत. ठाव जाला रिता — झाकुनि काय — कोणासवें लाज — कोण दुजा पाहता. सौरीयांचा संग आम्हां दुरावलें जग — भिन्न जालें सुख — भाव पालटला रंग. लाज भय झणी नाहीं तजियेलीं दोन्ही — फिराविला वेष नव्हों कोणाचीं च कोणी. तुकाराम म्हणतां — हा आम्हां वेष दिला जेणें — जनाप्रचित सवें असों एकपणें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
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| सम सपाट वेसनकाट | "sama-sapāṭa, vesana-kāṭa" |
| निःसंग जालें सौरी | "niḥsanga became sōrī" |
| कुडपीयेला देश आतां येऊं नेदीं दुसरी | "dēśa fenced — won't let another come now" |
| गाऊं रघुरामा हें चि उरलें आम्हां | "sing Raghurāma — that alone remains" |
| नाहीं जीवतमा वित्तगोतासहीत | "no jīvatama, vitta-gōta with it" |
| ठाव जाला रिता झाकुनि काय आतां | "ṭhāva empty — covering what now" |
| कोणासवें लाज कोण दुजा पाहता | "for whom lāja — who is the second viewer" |
| सौरीयांचा संग आम्हां दुरावलें जग | "sōrīyāmcā sanga — world distanced from us" |
| भिन्न जालें सुख भाव पालटला रंग | "sukha different — bhāva-ranga changed" |
| लाज भय झणी नाहीं तजियेलीं दोन्ही | "lāja, bhaya — both abandoned" |
| फिराविला वेष नव्हों कोणाचीं च कोणी | "veśa turned — no one's to anyone" |
| तुका म्हणे हा आम्हां वेष दिला जेणें | "this veśa given by Him" |
| जनाप्रचित सवें असों एकपणें | "with jana-pracita — exist as ēkapaṇē" |
What it means
A niḥsanga-sōrī-veśa-given-by-Him abhang. Continuation of the women-bhakta/sōrī cluster (462-470). Six claims:
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सम सपाट वेसनकाट — निःसंग जालें सौरी — कुडपीयेला देश — आतां येऊं नेदीं दुसरी — level-and-flat, vesana-cut — niḥsanga became sōrī — dēśa fenced — won't let another. The opening-state: level-and-flat (= obstacles cleared); vesana-kāṭa (vesana-mark cut);niḥsanga (without-attachment),I have become a sōrī; thedēśa(territory) iskuḍapīyēlā(fenced-in); I won't letdusarī(another / second) come now.
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गाऊं रघुरामा हें चि उरलें आम्हां — नाहीं जीवतमा वित्तगोतासहीत — sing Raghurāma — that alone remains — no jīvatama, vitta-gōta. The only-remains-claim: singingRaghurāma— only-this remains; nojīvatama(life-soul / life-self) andvitta-gōta(wealth-and-kin) attached.
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ठाव जाला रिता झाकुनि काय आतां — कोणासवें लाज कोण दुजा पाहता — ṭhāva empty — covering what — lāja for whom — second-viewer who? The empty-place claim: theṭhāvahas become empty; what to cover now?; for whom islāja? — who is the second-viewer (to be ashamed before)? No second-viewer remains; lāja-irrelevant.
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सौरीयांचा संग आम्हां दुरावलें जग — भिन्न जालें सुख भाव पालटला रंग — sōrīyāmcā sanga — world distanced — sukha different — bhāva-ranga changed. The transformation-claim: with thesōrīsin fellowship, the world hasdistancedfrom us; sukha is different now; thebhāva-ranga(color of stance) has changed.
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लाज भय झणी नाहीं तजियेलीं दोन्ही — फिराविला वेष नव्हों कोणाचीं च कोणी — lāja-bhaya — both abandoned — veśa turned — no one's to anyone. The clean-cut claim: lāja, bhaya — both abandoned (zaṇī = thoroughly); theveśahas turned (changed); we are no one's, and no one is ours. Total-detachment.
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तुका म्हणे हा आम्हां वेष दिला जेणें — जनाप्रचित सवें असों एकपणें — Tuka says: this veśa given by Him — exist with jana-pracita as ēkapaṇē. The closing-paradox-claim: thisveśa(renunciate-form) has been given by Him; (now) let's exist — withjana-pracita(people-witness) — asēkapaṇē(oneness). Live-among-people-as-One; bear-witness-while-being-One.
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For someone today
This verse describes a devotee who has cleared away the clutter of attachment and let go of wealth, family ties, and even the sense of a separate self, until singing to God is the only thing left. Once that inner place is truly empty, there is no one left to be ashamed in front of, so shame and fear simply drop away. Keeping company with other devotees changes what brings you joy and even changes how the world sees you, and that is fine, because the form this new life takes was given, not chosen for show. The teaching is that when devotion becomes total, you stop performing for onlookers and start living as one whole person, even while still walking among people.
मराठी: ही ओवी अशा भक्ताचं वर्णन करते जिने आसक्तीचा पसारा दूर केला आहे आणि संपत्ती, नातीगोती, इतकंच काय स्वतःची वेगळी ओळखही सोडून दिली आहे, इथवर की देवाचं गाणं गाणं हेच एकमेव उरलेलं आहे. जेव्हा मनातली जागा खरोखर रिकामी होते, तेव्हा तिथं लाजण्यासारखं कुणीही उरत नाही, म्हणून लाज आणि भीती आपोआप गळून पडतात. इतर भक्तांच्या संगतीत राहिल्याने आनंद कशात आहे हे बदलतं आणि जग तुमच्याकडे कसं पाहतं तेही बदलतं, आणि त्यात काही वाईट नाही, कारण हे नवीन रूप दाखवण्यासाठी नव्हे तर देणगी म्हणून मिळालेलं आहे. यातून शिकवण अशी की भक्ती पूर्ण झाली की तुम्ही बघणाऱ्यांसाठी अभिनय करणं थांबवता आणि लोकांमध्ये राहूनही एक अखंड, एकसंध व्यक्ती म्हणून जगू लागता.
Where this applies
- Sama-sapāṭa-niḥsanga; dēśa fenced. Renunciate-territory.
- Only Raghurāma-singing remains. Single-path.
- No second-viewer; lāja irrelevant. Empty-place.
- Sōrī-fellowship; world distanced. Transformation.
- Veśa given by Him; exist as One. Deepest paradox.