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Abhanga 494

English: You alone are māyabāpa-bamdhu-sakhā for us — vitta-gōta-jīvalaga of life.

When the bhakta collapses all relations into the deva — and you have to recognize this register
When the deva is also all the duties (kriyā-karma-dharma-tīrtha) — and you accept this collapse
When the deva is even the bhāva and the puraskāra — and you receive this totalization

The verse

तूं च मायबाप बंधु सखा आमचा । वित्त गोत जीवलग जीवाचा ॥१॥ आणीक प्रमाण नाहीं दुसरें आतां । योगक्षेमभार तुझे घातला माथां ॥ध्रु.॥ तूं च क्रियाकर्म धर्म देव तूं कुळ । तूं च तप तीर्थ व्रत गुरु सकळ ॥२॥ म्हणे तुकयाबंधु करिता कार्यता देवा । तूं च भाव भक्ति पूजा पुनस्कार आघवा ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: You alone are māyabāpa-bamdhu-sakhā for us — vitta-gōta-jīvalaga of life. No other pramāṇa now — yoga-kṣema-bhāra placed on Your head. You alone are kriyā-karma-dharma-deva-kuḷatapa-tīrtha-vrata-guru all. Tukyā-bamdhu says: doer-of-the-task, deva — You alone are bhāva-bhakti-pūjā-puraskāra all.

मराठी: तूं च मायबाप बंधु सखा आमचा — वित्त गोत जीवलग जीवाचा. आणीक प्रमाण नाहीं दुसरें आतां — योगक्षेमभार तुझे घातला माथां. तूं च क्रियाकर्म धर्म देव तूं कुळ — तूं च तप तीर्थ व्रत गुरु सकळ. तुकयाबंधु म्हणतां — करिता कार्यता देवा — तूं च भाव भक्ति पूजा पुनस्कार आघवा.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
तूं च मायबाप बंधु सखा आमचा "You alone — māyabāpa-bamdhu-sakhā — ours"
वित्त गोत जीवलग जीवाचा "vitta-gōta-jīvalaga of life"
आणीक प्रमाण नाहीं दुसरें आतां "no other pramāṇa now"
योगक्षेमभार तुझे घातला माथां "yoga-kṣema-bhāra — placed on Your head"
तूं च क्रियाकर्म धर्म देव तूं कुळ "You alone — kriyā-karma-dharma-deva-kuḷa"
तूं च तप तीर्थ व्रत गुरु सकळ "You alone — tapa-tīrtha-vrata-guru — all"
करिता कार्यता देवा "doer-of-the-task — deva"
तूं च भाव भक्ति पूजा पुनस्कार आघवा "You alone — bhāva-bhakti-pūjā-puraskāra — all"

What it means

A You-alone-everything-collapsed-into-deva abhang. Fourth of the Tukyā-bamdhu (Kānhōbā) cluster. A famous totalization-formula. Three claims:

  1. तूं च मायबाप बंधु सखा आमचा — वित्त गोत जीवलग जीवाचा — आणीक प्रमाण नाहीं — योगक्षेमभार तुझे घातला माथांYou alone are māyabāpa-bamdhu-sakhā — vitta-gōta-jīvalaga of life — no other pramāṇa — yoga-kṣema-bhāra on Your head. The opening-collapse-of-relations: You alone are mother-father-brother-sakhā (friend) for us; vitta (wealth), gōta (kin), jīvalaga (life-mate) of life; no other pramāṇa (proof, authority) now; yoga-kṣema-bhāra (the burden of getting-and-keeping) — I have placed on Your head. Relations-and-life-burden collapsed.

  2. तूं च क्रियाकर्म धर्म देव तूं कुळ — तूं च तप तीर्थ व्रत गुरु सकळYou alone are kriyā-karma-dharma-deva-kuḷa — tapa-tīrtha-vrata-guru all. The duties-collapse: You alone are kriyā-karma (ritual-action), dharma (duty/religion), deva (deity), and kuḷa (lineage / tutelary-deva); You alone are tapa (austerity), tīrtha (pilgrimage-place), vrata (vow), and guru — all. All the duties-and-honors that bind a Hindu life are collapsed into the one deva.

  3. म्हणे तुकयाबंधु करिता कार्यता देवा — तूं च भाव भक्ति पूजा पुनस्कार आघवाTukyā-bamdhu says: doer-of-the-task, deva — You alone are bhāva-bhakti-pūjā-puraskāra all. The bhakti-itself-collapse: Tukyā-bamdhu says: You are the karitā-kāryatā (the doer-and-the-task itself), deva; You alone are even the bhāva (sentiment), the bhakti (devotion), the pūjā (worship), and the puraskāra (offering / honor) — all (āghavā). Even-the-bhakti-itself is You.

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For someone today

This abhang names the You-alone-everything-collapsed register:

  1. You alone are all my relations. Tūm-ca māyabāpa-bamdhu-sakhā āmacā — vitta-gōta-jīvalaga jīvācā. Mother, father, brother, friend, wealth, kin, life-mate — all collapsed into the one deva. Bhakta has no relation outside the deva.

  2. Yoga-kṣema-bhāra is on Your head. Yōga-kṣēma-bhāra tujhē ghātalā māthām. The burden of getting-what-is-needed and keeping-what-is-had is the deva's, not mine. Don't carry it yourself*.

  3. You alone are all the duties and the duty-makers. Tūm-ca kriyā-karma-dharma-deva-kuḷa — tūm-ca tapa-tīrtha-vrata-guru sakaḷa. Ritual, duty, lineage-deva; austerity, pilgrimage, vow, guru — all collapsed. No need to seek elsewhere.

  4. You alone are even the bhāva, the bhakti, the pūjā, the puraskāra*. Tūm-ca bhāva-bhakti-pūjā-puraskāra āghavā. The deepest-collapse: even the devotion-itself is the deva. The devotee-deva distinction collapses*.

For today: all relations are You; the yoga-kṣēma burden is Yours; all duties and duty-makers are You; even the bhāva and the puraskāra are You.

This abhang is the famous Tukyā-bamdhu tūm-ca-everything totalizationone of the strongest formulations in the Tukaram-cluster. Compare 0454 jīvāsi tujhī sōyarīka; here the totalization extends to bhakti-itself.

मराठी: ही ओवी You-alone-everything-collapsed register नाव सांगते:

  1. तूंच आमचे सर्व नातेसंबंध. तूं च मायबाप बंधु सखा — वित्त गोत जीवलग जीवाचा. आई-वडील, भाऊ, मित्र, धन, गोत, जीवलग — सर्व एका देवात collapsed. Bhakta ला देवाच्या बाहेर नातं नाही.

  2. Yoga-kṣema-bhāra तुमच्या डोक्यावर. योगक्षेमभार तुझे घातला माथां. मिळवायचा-राखायचा burden देवाचा, माझा नाही. स्वतः carry नका*.

  3. तूंच सर्व कर्मे आणि कर्म-makers. तूं च क्रियाकर्म धर्म देव कुळ — तूं च तप तीर्थ व्रत गुरु सकळ. विधी, धर्म, कुळ-देव; तप, तीर्थ, व्रत, गुरु — सर्व collapsed. बाहेर शोधायची गरज नाही.

  4. तूंच अगदी bhāva, bhakti, pūjā, puraskāra*. तूं च भाव भक्ति पूजा पुनस्कार आघवा. Deepest-collapse: भक्ती सुद्धा देव आहे. भक्त-देव distinction collapses*.

आज: सर्व नाते तुम्ही; yoga-kṣema burden तुमचा; सर्व कर्मे आणि कर्म-makers तुम्ही; अगदी bhāva आणि puraskāra तुम्ही.

Famous Tukyā-bamdhu tūm-ca-everything totalizationTukaram-cluster मधलं strongest formulation पैकी एक. 0454 jīvāsi tujhī sōyarīka compare; इथे totalization bhakti-itself पर्यंत extend होतं.

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