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Abhanga 506

English: Roar the jay-jay-kāra — hold Hari in hṛdaya — don't be lazy — telling lahānām-thōrām.

When the bhakta urges everyone — small-and-big — to roar the jaya and go with Hari — and you have to recognize this register

When the daiva has come at our own home — don't look elsewhere — and you accept this immediacy

When this ghaṭikā doesn't come back — let it be known — and you receive this urgency

The verse

गर्जा जेजेकार हरि हृदयीं धरा । आळस नका करूं लाहानां सांगतों थोरां ॥१॥ ओवाळूं श्रीमुख वंदूं पाउलें शिरीं । आम्हां दैव आलें येथें घरिच्या घरीं ॥ध्रु.॥ म्हणोनि मागें पुढें कोणी न पाहावें येथें । सांडा परतें काम जाऊं हरी सांगातें ॥२॥ मग हें सुख कधीं न देखाल स्वप्नीं । उरेल हायहाय मागें होईल काहाणी ॥३॥ मग हे वेळ घटिका न ये अजरामर । कळलें असों द्या मग पडतील विचार ॥४॥ अद्धापगीं विश्वमाता लक्षुमी वसे । तो हा तुकयाबंधु म्हणे आलें अनायासें ॥५॥

Literal translation

English: Roar the jay-jay-kāra — hold Hari in hṛdaya — don't be lazy — telling lahānām-thōrām. Wave śrī-mukha — revere the feet on head — daiva has come at our own home. So don't look forward-back here — abandon other kāma — go with Hari. Then you won't see this sukha in svapna — only hāya-hāya remains — story behind. This ghaṭikā doesn't come back — ajarāmara — let it be known — vicāra will fall. On Adhapagī — Viśva-mātā Lakṣmī dwells. Tukyā-bamdhu says: came anāyāsē.

मराठी: गर्जा जेजेकार हरि हृदयीं धरा — आळस नका करूं लाहानां सांगतों थोरां. ओवाळूं श्रीमुख वंदूं पाउलें शिरीं — आम्हां दैव आलें येथें घरिच्या घरीं. मागें पुढें कोणी न पाहावें — सांडा परतें काम जाऊं हरी सांगातें. मग हें सुख कधीं न देखाल स्वप्नीं — उरेल हायहाय मागें होईल काहाणी. मग हे वेळ घटिका न ये अजरामर — कळलें असों द्या मग पडतील विचार. अद्धापगीं विश्वमाता लक्षुमी वसे. तुकयाबंधु म्हणतां — आलें अनायासें.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
गर्जा जेजेकार हरि हृदयीं धरा	"roar the jay-jay-kāra — hold Hari in hṛdaya"
आळस नका करूं लाहानां सांगतों थोरां	"don't be lazy — telling lahānām-thōrām"
ओवाळूं श्रीमुख वंदूं पाउलें शिरीं	"wave śrī-mukha — revere feet on head"
आम्हां दैव आलें येथें घरिच्या घरीं	"daiva has come — at our own home"
मागें पुढें कोणी न पाहावें	"don't look forward-back"
सांडा परतें काम जाऊं हरी सांगातें	"abandon other kāma — go with Hari"
मग हें सुख कधीं न देखाल स्वप्नीं	"won't see this sukha in svapna"
उरेल हायहाय मागें होईल काहाणी	"hāya-hāya remains — story behind"
मग हे वेळ घटिका न ये अजरामर	"this ghaṭikā doesn't come back — ajarāmara"
कळलें असों द्या मग पडतील विचार	"let it be known — vicāra will fall"
अद्धापगीं विश्वमाता लक्षुमी वसे	"on Adhapagī — Viśva-mātā Lakṣmī dwells"
आलें अनायासें	"came anāyāsē (without effort)"

What it means

A roar-the-jaya-go-with-Hari-now abhang. Urgency-register: daiva has come at our own home; this ghaṭikā doesn't come back; act now. Six claims:

गर्जा जेजेकार हरि हृदयीं धरा — आळस नका करूं लाहानां सांगतों थोरां — roar the jay-jay-kāra — hold Hari in hṛdaya — don't be lazy — telling lahānām-thōrām. The opening-call: roar (garjā) the jay-jay-kāra (cry-of-victory); hold Hari in hṛdaya (heart); don't be lazy; I am telling the lahānām-thōrām (small-and-big = the whole community). Universal-call-no-laziness.
ओवाळूं श्रीमुख वंदूं पाउलें शिरीं — आम्हां दैव आलें येथें घरिच्या घरीं — wave śrī-mukha — revere feet on head — daiva has come at our own home. The daiva-arrived-claim: we ovāḷūm (wave-aratī) the śrī-mukha (sacred-face); we vamdūm (revere) the paulēm (feet) on the śirīm (head); the daiva (fortune) has come — at our own home (gharicyā gharī). Don't go-far-for-fortune; it's at our own home.
मागें पुढें कोणी न पाहावें — सांडा परतें काम जाऊं हरी सांगातें — don't look forward-back — abandon other kāma — go with Hari. The immediate-action-claim: don't look māgēm-pudhē (back-and-forth, hesitating); abandon other kāma (work, business); go with Hari. No-hesitation-no-other-business-go-with-Hari.
मग हें सुख कधीं न देखाल स्वप्नीं — उरेल हायहाय मागें होईल काहाणी — won't see this sukha in svapna — only hāya-hāya remains — story behind. The warning-of-loss: if you miss this, you won't see this sukha even in svapna (dream); only hāya-hāya (alas-alas, lamentation) remains; behind, it becomes a kāhāṇī (story = a told-thing, a what-could-have-been). Miss-this-and-only-lament-remains.
मग हे वेळ घटिका न ये अजरामर — कळलें असों द्या मग पडतील विचार — this ghaṭikā doesn't come back — ajarāmara — let it be known — vicāra will fall. The time-irreversible-claim: this vēḷa-ghaṭikā (moment, time-instant) doesn't come back; it is ajarāmara (un-aging-undying = un-renewable, the kind-that-never-comes-around); let it be kaḷalē asōm dyā (known, made-clear); then the vicāra (thoughts, deliberations) will fall (= will resolve, will come to ground). Time-is-irreversible-act-now.
अद्धापगीं विश्वमाता लक्षुमी वसे — तो हा तुकयाबंधु म्हणे आलें अनायासें — on Adhapagī — Viśva-mātā Lakṣmī dwells — Tukyā-bamdhu says: came anāyāsē. The closing-claim: on the Adhapagī (probably the Aśvattha-pagī, the foot-of-the-aśvattha-tree, or possibly the adhapagī = lower-foot) — Viśva-mātā Lakṣmī (the world-mother Lakṣmī) dwells; Tukyā-bamdhu says: came anāyāsē (without-effort). The deepest-fortune (Lakṣmī's-presence) came without our-effort. Anāyāsē-grace.

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For someone today

This abhang names the urgency-roar-the-jaya register:

Roar the jaya; hold Hari* in heart; no laziness. Garjā jay-jay-kāra — Hari hṛdayīm dharā — āḷasa nakā karūm. The bhakti-call is roared; Hari is held-in-heart; laziness is forbidden. Universal-call to small-and-big*.
Daiva has come at our own home. Daiva ālē gharicyā gharī. Don't go far for fortune; it's at our own home. The deva is here; the bhakti-opportunity is here*.
Abandon other kāma; go with Hari*. Sāmḍā paratē kāma — jāūm Hari-sāngātē. No hesitation; no other-business. Go-with-Hari*.
Miss this and only hāya-hāya* remains. Urēla hāya-hāya — kāhāṇī. The sukha won't return even in dream; only the lament will remain; only-a-story behind. Don't miss-and-lament*.
This ghaṭikā doesn't come back — ajarāmara*. Vēḷa ghaṭikā na yē ajarāmara. This moment is irreversible; un-aging-undying-doesn't-come-around applies to lost-time too. Let it be known; then thoughts resolve*.
Lakṣmī came anāyāsē*. Viśva-mātā Lakṣmī — ālē anāyāsē. The deepest-fortune came without our effort; don't squander it*.

For today: roar the jaya; hold Hari in heart; no laziness; the daiva is at our own home; abandon other-business; go-with-Hari; this moment is irreversible; Lakṣmī came anāyāsē, don't squander.

This abhang is Kānhōbā's urgency-call register — one of the strongest now-or-never-act-now abhangs. Compare 0496 gāūm-vāūm ṭāḷī; same fearless-singing-register but here the urgency-of-time is the dominant note.

मराठी: ही ओवी urgency-roar-the-jaya register नाव सांगते:

Jaya roar करा; Hari heart मध्ये; आळस नका. गर्जा जयजयकार — हरि हृदयीं धरा — आळस नका करूं. Bhakti-call roared; Hari heart-held; आळस forbidden. Universal-call small-to-big*.
Daiva आपल्या घरी आलं. दैव आलें घरिच्या घरी. Fortune साठी दूर जाऊ नका; आपल्या घरीच आहे. Deva इथे आहे; bhakti-opportunity इथे*.
दुसरं kāma सोडा; Hari* सोबत जा. सांडा परतें काम — जाऊं हरी सांगातें. Hesitation नका; other-business नका. Hari-सोबत-जा*.
हे miss झालं तर फक्त hāya-hāya*. उरेल हायहाय — काहाणी. Sukha स्वप्नात सुद्धा परत नाही; फक्त lament राहील; only-a-story-behind. Miss-and-lament नका*.
ही ghaṭikā परत येत नाही — ajarāmara*. वेळ घटिका न ये अजरामर. हा moment irreversible; un-aging-undying-doesn't-come-around lost-time ला सुद्धा apply. कळू द्या; मग vicāra resolve होतील*.
Lakṣmī anāyāsē आली. विश्वमाता लक्षुमी — आलें अनायासें. Deepest-fortune effort शिवाय आली; Squander नका*.

आज: Jaya roar करा; Hari heart मध्ये; आळस नका; daiva आपल्या घरी; other-business सोडा; Hari-सोबत-जा; हा moment irreversible; Lakṣmī anāyāsē आली, squander नका.

Kānhōbā च-urgency-call-register — Strongest now-or-never-act-now abhangs पैकी एक. 0496 gāūm-vāūm ṭāḷī compare; तीच fearless-singing-register पण इथे urgency-of-time dominant note.

Where this applies

Roar jaya; Hari in heart. No laziness.
Daiva at our own home. Don't go-far.
Abandon other kāma. Go-with-Hari.
Ghaṭikā irreversible. Anāyāsē-Lakṣmī.

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