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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 493 of 4582

Abhanga 493

English: I don't know to sing well — speak vacana straight.

When the bhakta confesses he doesn't know but has come śaraṇa — and you have to recognize this register
When the deva's-epithet patita-pāvana must be made true by His own act — and you accept this challenge
When who other like You is for us — and you receive this exclusivity

The verse

नेणें गाऊं कांहीं धड बोलतां वचन । कायावाचामनेंसहित आलों शरण ॥१॥ करीं अंगीकार नको मोकलूं हरी । पतितपावन ब्रिदें करावीं खरीं ॥ध्रु.॥ नेणें भक्तिभाव तुझा म्हणवितों दास । जरि देसी अंतर तरि लज्जा कोणास ॥२॥ म्हणे तुकयाबंधु तुझे धरियेले पाये । आतां कोण दुजा ऐसा आम्हांसी आहे ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: I don't know to sing well — speak vacana straight. With kāyā-vāca-mana came śaraṇa. Angīkāra — don't release, Hari — make patita-pāvana brīdē kharī. Don't know bhakti-bhāva — called Your dāsa — if You give antara, for whom is lajjā? Tukyā-bamdhu says: Your feet held — now who-other like You for us?

मराठी: नेणें गाऊं कांहीं धड बोलतां वचन — कायावाचामनेंसहित आलों शरण. करीं अंगीकार नको मोकलूं हरी — पतितपावन ब्रिदें करावीं खरीं. नेणें भक्तिभाव तुझा म्हणवितों दास — जरि देसी अंतर तरि लज्जा कोणास. तुकयाबंधु म्हणतां — तुझे धरियेले पाये — आतां कोण दुजा ऐसा आम्हांसी आहे.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
नेणें गाऊं कांहीं धड बोलतां वचन "I don't know to sing well — speak vacana straight"
कायावाचामनेंसहित आलों शरण "with kāyā-vāca-mana — came śaraṇa"
करीं अंगीकार नको मोकलूं हरी "angīkāra — don't release, Hari"
पतितपावन ब्रिदें करावीं खरीं "patita-pāvana brīdē — make kharī"
नेणें भक्तिभाव तुझा म्हणवितों दास "don't know bhakti-bhāva — called Your dāsa"
जरि देसी अंतर तरि लज्जा कोणास "if you give antara — for whom lajjā?"
तुझे धरियेले पाये "Your feet — held"
आतां कोण दुजा ऐसा आम्हांसी आहे "now — who-other like You — for us?"

What it means

A don't-release-me-make-patita-pāvana-true abhang. Third of the Tukyā-bamdhu (Kānhōbā) cluster. Four claims:

  1. नेणें गाऊं कांहीं धड बोलतां वचन — कायावाचामनेंसहित आलों शरण — don't know to sing well, speak vacana straight — came śaraṇa with kāyā-vāca-mana. The opening-confession: I don't know how to sing well or speak straight; (but) with kāyā-vāca-mana (body-speech-mind) I have come śaraṇa**.

  2. करीं अंगीकार नको मोकलूं हरी — पतितपावन ब्रिदें करावीं खरीं — angīkāra — don't release, Hari — make patita-pāvana brīdē kharī. The take-up-and-don't-release petition: take me up (angīkāra); don't mōkalūm (release / abandon), Hari; make the patita-pāvana brīdē (epithet "purifier-of-the-fallen") kharī (true). Honor-Your-epithet*.

  3. नेणें भक्तिभाव तुझा म्हणवितों दास — जरि देसी अंतर तरि लज्जा कोणास — don't know bhakti-bhāva — called Your dāsa — if You give antara, for whom is lajjā? The for-whom-the-shame challenge: I don't know bhakti-bhāva; but I am called Your dāsa; if You give antara (gap / abandonment), for whom is the lajjā? (compare 0478 kavaṇā lāja; same challenge). Mutual-honor-stake.

  4. म्हणे तुकयाबंधु तुझे धरियेले पाये — आतां कोण दुजा ऐसा आम्हांसी आहे — Tukyā-bamdhu says: Your feet held — now, who-other like You for us? The closing-claim: I have held Your feet; now, who-other like You is for us? Exclusivity-claim.

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For someone today

This abhang names the don't-release-make-Your-bridge-true register:

  1. Confess: I don't know to sing or speak straight, but I came śaraṇa* with all-three. Nēṇē — śaraṇa kāyā-vāca-mana. Don't pretend skill; come śaraṇa with body-speech-mind*.

  2. Take me up; make Your patita-pāvana brīdē kharī*. Angīkāra — patita-pāvana brīdē kharī. The deva is patita-pāvana (purifier-of-the-fallen) by epithet; make-this-true-on-me. Honor-Your-epithet challenge*.

  3. If You give antara, for whom is the lajjā*? Antara — kavaṇā lajjā. If the deva abandons His-named-dāsa, the shame is the deva's; the bhakta has standing to ask*.

  4. Who-other like You for us? Kōṇa dujā aisā āmhāmsi āhē. Exclusivity-claim: no second like You. Don't-release-because-no-substitute.

For today: come śaraṇa without skill-pretense; demand the deva make-His-epithet-true on you; the antara-shame is the deva's, not yours; exclusivity-claim: who-other like You.

This abhang is Kānhōbā's honor-Your-epithet petition — the deva is patita-pāvana, make this true on me. Compare 0478 same kavaṇā-lāja challenge.

मराठी: ही ओवी don't-release-make-Your-bridge-true register नाव सांगते:

  1. Confess: मला सांगता-गाता येत नाही, पण śaraṇa* आलो all-three सोबत. नेणें — शरण काया-वाचा-मन. Skill pretend नका; body-speech-mind सोबत śaraṇa या*.

  2. मला angīkāra करा; patita-pāvana brīdē* खरी करा. अंगीकार — पतित-पावन ब्रीदे खरी. Deva patita-pāvana (purifier-of-the-fallen) epithet ने आहे; हे माझ्यावर खरं करा. Honor-Your-epithet challenge*.

  3. Antara दिलं तर lajjā कोणाची? अंतर — कवणा लज्जा. Deva ने His-named-dāsa ला abandon केलं तर shame देवाची; Bhakta ला विचारायचा standing*.

  4. तुमच्यासारखं दुसरं कोण? कोण दुजा ऐसा आम्हांसी. Exclusivity-claim: तुमच्यासारखं second नाही. Don't-release-because-no-substitute.

आज: Skill-pretense शिवाय śaraṇa या; Deva ला His-epithet-तुमच्यावर-true करायला demand करा; Antara-shame तुमची नाही, देवाची; Exclusivity-claim: तुमच्यासारखं कोण*.

Kānhōbā च-honor-Your-epithet petition — Deva patita-pāvana, हे माझ्यावर true करा. 0478 same kavaṇā-lāja challenge compare.

Where this applies

Cosmology / Avatāra Bhakti Surrender (śaraṇāgati)

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