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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 508 of 4582

Abhanga 508

This short verse is a moment of pure joy after a long-held wish finally comes true. Tukaram waves the lamp to Shripati and declares the day blessed, because a vow he had carried for a long time has at last been fulfilled. He turns to everyone gathered and tells them they too are fortunate simply for being present to witness it. Then, clapping in celebration, he says plainly that God was truly close by, right there with them, not distant or abstract.

When the bhakta waves āratī as the navasa-fulfillment — and you have to recognize this register
When the day is dhanya for the navasa — and you accept this blessing-recognition
When the deva was sannidha — and you receive this presence-recognition

The verse

करूनि आरती । आतां ओवाळूं श्रीपती ॥१॥ आजि पुरले नवस । धन्य जाला हा दिवस ॥ध्रु.॥ पाहा वो सकळा । पुण्यवंता तुम्ही बाळा ॥२॥ तुका वाहे टाळी । होता सन्निध जवळी ॥३॥

Literal translation

Doing āratī — now wave to Śrīpati. Today navasa fulfilled — dhanya this day. See, all of you — puṇyavanta children. Tuka claps ṭāḷī — He was sannidha — close-by.

मराठी: करूनि आरती — आतां ओवाळूं श्रीपती. आजि पुरले नवस — धन्य जाला हा दिवस. पाहा वो सकळा — पुण्यवंता तुम्ही बाळा. तुका वाहे टाळी — होता सन्निध जवळी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
करूनि आरती आतां ओवाळूं श्रीपती "doing āratī — now wave to Śrīpati"
आजि पुरले नवस "today navasa fulfilled"
धन्य जाला हा दिवस "dhanya — this day"
पाहा वो सकळा पुण्यवंता तुम्ही बाळा "see, all of you — puṇyavanta children"
तुका वाहे टाळी "Tuka claps ṭāḷī"
होता सन्निध जवळी "was sannidha — close-by"

What it means

A short āratī-navasa-fulfilled-deva-sannidha abhang. Companion to 507. Four claims:

  1. करूनि आरती — आतां ओवाळूं श्रीपतीdoing āratī — now wave to Śrīpati. The opening-call: doing theāratī; now weovāḷūm(wave-circle) toŚrīpati(lord-of-Śrī = Viṣṇu). Wave-the-aratī-now.

  2. आजि पुरले नवस — धन्य जाला हा दिवसtoday navasa fulfilled — dhanya this day. The navasa-fulfillment-claim: today thenavasa(vow, votive-promise) ispuralē(fulfilled, filled-up); dhanya (blessed) is this day.Vow-day-completed.

  3. पाहा वो सकळा — पुण्यवंता तुम्ही बाळाsee, all of you — puṇyavanta children. The recognize-the-blessing-claim: see, all of you (pāhā vō sakaḷā); you arepuṇyavanta(merit-bearing, deserving) children. The bhakta-children-witnessing-the-āratī are merit-bearing-because-of-this-witnessing. Witness-merit.

  4. तुका वाहे टाळी — होता सन्निध जवळीTuka claps ṭāḷī — He was sannidha — close-by. The closing-presence-recognition: Tukavāhē ṭāḷī(claps the cymbal-clap); He (the deva) wassannidha(presence, close-by)javaḷī(near). Deva-was-actually-close-by-during-the-āratī. Presence-confirmation.

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For someone today

This short verse is a moment of pure joy after a long-held wish finally comes true. Tukaram waves the lamp to Shripati and declares the day blessed, because a vow he had carried for a long time has at last been fulfilled. He turns to everyone gathered and tells them they too are fortunate simply for being present to witness it. Then, clapping in celebration, he says plainly that God was truly close by, right there with them, not distant or abstract.

मराठी: ही छोटी ओवी म्हणजे बऱ्याच दिवसांची इच्छा शेवटी पूर्ण झाल्यावरचा शुद्ध आनंदाचा क्षण आहे. तुकाराम श्रीपतीला आरती ओवाळतात आणि हा दिवस धन्य आहे असे जाहीर करतात, कारण त्यांनी बराच काळ जपलेला नवस अखेर पूर्ण झाला आहे. ते तिथे जमलेल्या सर्वांकडे वळून सांगतात की हे पाहण्यासाठी उपस्थित असणे हेच त्यांचेही भाग्य आहे. मग टाळी वाजवत आनंद साजरा करत ते साध्या शब्दांत सांगतात की देव खरोखर जवळ होता, दूर किंवा अमूर्त नव्हता तर तिथेच त्यांच्यासोबत होता.

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