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Abhanga 484

English: Patita, patita — but I am tri-vācā patita.

When I am tri-vācā patita and only Your sattā can make me sarata — and you have to recognize this register
When no citta-śuddhi but buddhi-fixed-at-feet — and you accept this minimum
When how much shall I speak — words of confession run out — and you receive this exhaustion

The verse

पतित पतित । परी मी त्रिवाचा पतित ॥१॥ परी तूं आपुलिया सत्ता । मज करावें सरता ॥ध्रु.॥ नाहीं चित्तशुद्धि । स्थिर पायांपाशीं बुद्धि ॥२॥ अपराधाचा केलों । तुका म्हणे किती बोलों ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Patita, patita — but I am tri-vācā patita. But You — by Your sattā — make me sarata. No citta-śuddhi — buddhi sthira at feet. Aparādhi I've become — Tuka says: how much shall I speak.

मराठी: पतित पतित — परी मी त्रिवाचा पतित. परी तूं आपुलिया सत्ता — मज करावें सरता. नाहीं चित्तशुद्धि — स्थिर पायांपाशीं बुद्धि. तुकाराम म्हणतां — अपराधाचा केलों — किती बोलों.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
पतित पतित परी मी त्रिवाचा पतित "patita, patita — but I am tri-vācā patita"
परी तूं आपुलिया सत्ता मज करावें सरता "but You — by Your sattā — make me sarata"
नाहीं चित्तशुद्धि स्थिर पायांपाशीं बुद्धि "no citta-śuddhi — buddhi sthira at feet"
अपराधाचा केलों किती बोलों "aparādhi I've become — how much shall I speak"

What it means

A tri-vācā patita-petition abhang. Tri-vācā patita — thrice-spoken / fallen-by-three-categories: probably fallen by kāya-vācā-mana (body-speech-mind); or fallen-thrice-emphatic (the Sanskrit triḥ-uktam triple-emphasis). Three claims:

  1. पतित पतित — परी मी त्रिवाचा पतित — patita, patita — but I am tri-vācā patita. The opening-self-claim: (others may be) patita (fallen, sinful) — patita (repeated) — but I am tri-vācā patita (thrice-fallen / fallen-by-all-three-vācas, body-speech-mind). Self-claim of triple-fallenness*.

  2. परी तूं आपुलिया सत्ता — मज करावें सरता — but You by Your sattā make me sarata. The deva's-power claim: but You — by Your own sattā (sovereign-power) — make me sarata (effective / acceptable / allowed). Deva's-power-makes-the-fallen-acceptable.

  3. नाहीं चित्तशुद्धि — स्थिर पायांपाशीं बुद्धि — no citta-śuddhi — buddhi sthira at feet. The minimum-petition: I have no citta-śuddhi (purity-of-mind); (but) let my buddhi (intellect) be sthira (fixed) at Your feet. Even without citta-śuddhi, buddhi-at-feet is asked.

  4. अपराधाचा केलों — तुका म्हणे किती बोलों — aparādhi I've become — Tuka says: how much shall I speak. The closing-exhaustion: I have become an aparādhi (offender); Tuka says: how much shall I speak? Words of confession run out; the deva must take over.

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For someone today

This abhang names the tri-vācā-patita-deva-power-makes-sarata register:

  1. Acknowledge tri-vācā fallenness. Tri-vācā patita. Don't minimize fallenness; recognize it as triple — body-speech-mind. Honest-self-recognition.

  2. Only the deva's sattā can make you sarata*. Tujhī sattā — sarata. Self-effort doesn't make a tri-vācā-patita acceptable; only the deva's-sovereign-power does. Anti-self-correction-as-sufficient*.

  3. Even without citta-śuddhi, ask for buddhi-at-feet*. Citta-śuddhi nahīm — buddhi-sthira-pāyām-pāśīm. Don't wait for purity; ask for the lower-minimum: just buddhi fixed at Your feet*.

  4. Words of confession run out; the deva takes over. Kitī bōlō. At some point, confession-of-aparādha exhausts; let the deva take over.

For today: acknowledge tri-vācā-fallenness honestly; only the deva's-sattā makes you sarata; minimum-petition: buddhi at feet, even without citta-śuddhi; let confession exhaust into deva-care.

This abhang is one of Tukaram's-most-honest patita-petition abhangs — triple-fallenness without minimization, but with deva-sattā-as-the-only-cure. Compare 0273 narka-vāsī piśā; same self-acknowledgment register.

मराठी: ही ओवी tri-vācā-patita-deva-power-makes-sarata register नाव सांगते:

  1. Tri-vācā fallenness acknowledge करा. त्रिवाचा पतित. Fallenness minimize नका; triple ओळखा — body-speech-mind. Honest-self-recognition*.

  2. फक्त देवाची sattā तुम्हाला sarata* करू शकते. तुझी सत्ता — सरता. Self-effort tri-vācā-patita ला acceptable करत नाही; फक्त देवाची-sovereign-power. Anti-self-correction-as-sufficient*.

  3. Citta-śuddhi नसताना सुद्धा buddhi-at-feet मागा. चित्त-शुद्धि नाहीं — बुद्धि-स्थिर-पायांपाशीं. Purity ची वाट पाहू नका; lower-minimum मागा: buddhi feet वर fixed*.

  4. Confession चे words exhaust; देव takes over. किती बोलो. कधी ना कधी aparādha ची confession exhaust होते; let the देव take over.

आज: Tri-vācā-fallenness honestly acknowledge करा; फक्त देव-sattā तुम्हाला sarata करते; Minimum-petition: buddhi feet वर, citta-śuddhi नसताना सुद्धा; Confession ला deva-care मध्ये exhaust होऊ द्या*.

Tukaram च्या most-honest patita-petition abhangs पैकी एक — Triple-fallenness without minimization, पण deva-sattā-as-the-only-cure सोबत. 0273 narka-vāsī piśā compare; same self-acknowledgment register.

Where this applies

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