Abhanga 483
When the eyes truly behold the beauty of the divine, they become so filled and satisfied that they no longer wish to turn back toward ordinary sights.
The verse
हिरा शोभला कोंदणीं । जडित माणिकांची खाणी ॥१॥ तैसा दिसे नारायण । मुख सुखाचे मंडण ॥ध्रु.॥ कोटि चंद्रलीळा । पूर्णिमेच्या पूर्णकळा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे दृष्टि धाये । परतोनि माघारी ते न ये ॥३॥
Literal translation
Hīrā shines in kōndaṇa — jaḍita-maṇi-khāṇī. So appears Nārāyaṇa — mukha sukha-maṇḍana. Koṭi candra-līḷā — pūrṇimā's pūrṇa-kaḷā. Tuka says: dṛṣṭi sated — doesn't return back.
मराठी: हिरा शोभला कोंदणीं — जडित माणिकांची खाणी. तैसा दिसे नारायण — मुख सुखाचे मंडण. कोटि चंद्रलीळा — पूर्णिमेच्या पूर्णकळा. तुकाराम म्हणतां — दृष्टि धाये — परतोनि माघारी ते न ये.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| हिरा शोभला कोंदणीं | "hīrā shines in kōndaṇa" |
| जडित माणिकांची खाणी | "jaḍita-maṇi-khāṇī" |
| तैसा दिसे नारायण | "so appears Nārāyaṇa" |
| मुख सुखाचे मंडण | "mukha — sukha-maṇḍana" |
| कोटि चंद्रलीळा | "koṭi candra-līḷā" |
| पूर्णिमेच्या पूर्णकळा | "pūrṇimā's pūrṇa-kaḷā" |
| दृष्टि धाये परतोनि माघारी ते न ये | "dṛṣṭi sated — doesn't return back" |
What it means
A short deva-beauty-darśana-gaze-doesn't-return abhang. Three claims:
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हिरा शोभला कोंदणीं — जडित माणिकांची खाणी — hīrā in kōndaṇa — jaḍita-maṇi-khāṇī. The opening-image: thehīrā(diamond) shines in thekōndaṇa(setting); the whole — ajaḍita-maṇi-khāṇī(jeweled-ruby-mine). Brilliance-in-setting.
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तैसा दिसे नारायण — मुख सुखाचे मंडण — so appears Nārāyaṇa — mukha sukha-maṇḍana. The deva-comparison: so appearsNārāyaṇa; themukha(face) is thesukha-maṇḍana(ornament-of-sukha). Mukha-as-ornament-of-sukha.
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कोटि चंद्रलीळा — पूर्णिमेच्या पूर्णकळा — koṭi candra-līḷā — pūrṇimā's pūrṇa-kaḷā. The radiance-image: crores of moon-līḷā concentrated; thepūrṇimā(full-moon)'spūrṇa-kaḷā(complete-phase). Multiple-moons at fullness.
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तुका म्हणे दृष्टि धाये — परतोनि माघारी ते न ये — Tuka says: dṛṣṭi sated — doesn't return back. The closing-claim: thedṛṣṭi(gaze) isdhāyē(sated, fed, fulfilled); it does notparatōnī māghārī yē(return back). Gaze-stays-fixed.
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For someone today
Tukaram describes seeing the beauty of Vitthal the way a diamond shines set in gold at the heart of a jewel mine, and the divine face becomes the very ornament of joy itself. He says this radiance outshines even a full moon multiplied a hundred million times over. Once his eyes have truly taken in that sight, he says, they are so satisfied that they do not want to look away and return to ordinary things. This is what it feels like when something you see fills you completely, so completely that lesser sights simply stop pulling at your attention.
मराठी: तुकाराम विठ्ठलाचं सौंदर्य असं वर्णन करतात की जसा हिरा कोंदणात रत्नखाणीच्या मध्यभागी चमकतो, तसं देवाचं मुख हे आनंदाचंच अलंकार बनतं. हे तेज कोटी पौर्णिमेच्या चंद्रांहूनही अधिक तेजस्वी आहे, असं ते म्हणतात. एकदा डोळ्यांनी तो देखावा खरोखर पाहिला की ते इतके तृप्त होतात की परत सामान्य गोष्टींकडे वळावंसं वाटत नाही. जेव्हा एखादी गोष्ट तुम्हाला इतकी परिपूर्ण भरून टाकते की क्षुल्लक गोष्टी मग तुमचं लक्ष खेचू शकत नाहीत, तसं हे आहे.
Where this applies
- Deva as hīrā in kōndaṇa. Brilliance-in-setting.
- Mukha sukha-maṇḍana. Ornament-of-joy.
- Koṭi candra-līḷā pūrṇimā. Astronomical-radiance exceeded.
- Gaze-sated, doesn't return. Fixity.