Abhanga 528

English: What parva-kāḷa-tīrtha will You wait for?

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A don't-wait-for-tīrtha-tug-the-padara abhang. Continues the Viṭṭhalē-mother / pampered-child register from 0527. Five claims:

1. कोण पर्वकाळ पहासील तीथ — होतें माझें चित्त कासावीस — what parva-kāḷa-tīrtha will You wait for? — citta is kāsāvīsa. The opening-impatience: what parva-kāḷa (auspicious-time) or tīrtha (sacred-place / occasion) will You wait for?; my citta is kāsāvīsa (anguished, in agony). Don't-wait-for-the-right-occasion; the-bhakta-is-suffering-now.

2. पाठवीं भातुकें प्रेरीं झडकरी — नको राखों उरी पांडुरंगा — send bhātukēm — prērī jhaḍakarī — don't keep urī Pāṇḍuranga. The send-the-snack-claim: send the bhātukēm (love-snack); prērī jhaḍakarī (press-it-through-quickly, dispatch-it-fast); don't keep urī (reserve, holding-back), Pāṇḍuranga. Send-quick-no-reserve*.

3. न धरावा कोप मजवरी कांहीं — अवगुणी अन्यायी म्हणोनियां — don't hold kōpa on me — saying avaguṇī, anyāyī. The don't-label-me-claim: don't hold kōpa (anger) on me; saying I am avaguṇī (faulty), anyāyī (unjust / wrongdoer). Don't-label-me-and-withhold.

4. काय रडवीसी नेणतियां पोरां — जाणतियां थोरां याचिपरी — काय उभी कर ठेवुनियां कटीं — बुझावीं धाकुटीं लडिवाळें — why make unknowing children cry — knowing thōrā same way — why standing — hand on kaṭi — soothe small laḍivāḷa. The complain-to-the-mother-claim: why do You make the unknowing children (= the small bhaktas) cry?; the knowing thōrā (big-bhaktas) are the same way (= they cry too); why are You standing with hand-on-the-waist (the iconic Pandharī-pose, but here re-read as a-mother-not-picking-up-the-child)?; soothe the small laḍivāḷa (pampered-children). Re-read-the-Pandharī-pose: hand-on-waist becomes negligence.

5. तुका म्हणे आतां पदरासी पिळा — घालीन निराळा नव्हे मग — Tuka says: now I'll pull the padara — won't be nirāḷā then. The closing-childish-firmness: Tuka says: now I'll piḷā (pull, pinch, twist) the padara (sari-corner-end); won't be nirāḷā (separated, apart) then. Pulling-the-padara-prevents-separation. The child-image: a child clings to the mother's-sari-corner so she can't move-away. Don't-let-You-move-away-by-tugging-the-padara.

[T]

For someone today

This abhang names the don't-wait-for-tīrtha-tug-the-padara register:

1. Don't wait for parva-kāḷa-tīrtha; the citta is kāsāvīsa*. Parva-kāḷa-tīrtha — citta kāsāvīsa. Don't make the bhakta wait for the right-occasion; the suffering is now. Urgent-petition*.

2. Send the bhātukēm quickly; don't keep urī*. Pāṭhavīm bhātukēm — jhaḍakarī — urī nakō. Send-the-grace-fast; no-reserve. Don't-make-the-bhakta-wait*.

3. Don't label me avaguṇī-anyāyī* and withhold. Avaguṇī-anyāyī mhaṇōniyām — kōpa nakō. Don't withhold-by-labeling. Refuse-the-label*.

4. Don't make unknowing-children cry; the knowing-thōrā are the same. Naṇētiyām pōrām raḍavīsī — jāṇētiyām thōrā yācīparī. Don't make crying; even the big-bhaktas suffer the same; the small-ones can't bear it. Universal-suffering-of-the-bhaktas.

5. I'll pull the padara*; won't be apart. Padarāsī piḷā — nirāḷā nahō. The childish-firmness: pulling-the-mother's-sari-end so she can't move-away. Don't-let-Her-be-distant*.

For today: don't wait for the right-occasion; bhakti is urgent; send-the-grace-quickly, no-reserve; refuse-the-label-of-fault; the unknowing-and-knowing-bhaktas suffer alike — be soothed; pull-the-padara-of-the-mother-deva to keep Her close.

This abhang is Tukaram's Viṭṭhalē-mother-tug-the-padara register — the padara-piḷā image is rare and intimately-physical. Compare 0527 Viṭṭhalē-jananī-laḷē; same childish-tantrum register but here with the precise padara-pulling image. The kaṭi-on-the-hand re-read as negligence is striking: the iconic-Pandharī-pose becomes a mother-not-picking-up-the-child.

मराठी: ही ओवी don't-wait-for-tīrtha-tug-the-padara register नाव सांगते:

1. Parva-kāḷa-tīrtha वाट नका; citta kāsāvīsa. पर्वकाळ-तीर्थ — चित्त कासावीस. Bhakta ला right-occasion साठी वाट नका; suffering आता. Urgent-petition*.

2. Bhātukēm लवकर पाठवा; urī नका. पाठवीं भातुकें — झडकरी — उरी नको. Grace-fast-send; no-reserve. Bhakta-वाट-नका*.

3. Avaguṇī-anyāyī label करून withhold नका. अवगुणी-अन्यायी म्हणोनियां — कोप नको. Labeling-by-withhold नका. Label-refuse*.

4. Unknowing-children रडवू नका; knowing-thōrā same. नेणतियां पोरां रडवीसी — जाणतियां थोरां याचिपरी. रडवू नका; big-bhaktas सुद्धा same suffer; small-ones bear करू शकत नाहीत. Universal-bhakta-suffering.

5. Padara खेचीन; nirāḷā नाही. पदरासी पिळा — निराळा नाही. Childish-firmness: mother-च्या sari-end खेचून ती move-away करू शकत नाही. दूर-नका*.

आज: Right-occasion साठी वाट नका; bhakti urgent; Grace-quickly send, no-reserve; Fault-label refuse; Unknowing-and-knowing-bhaktas alike suffer — soothe; Mother-देवाचा padara खेचून जवळ ठेवा.

Tukaram च-Viṭṭhalē-mother-tug-the-padara-register — Padara-piḷā image rare आणि intimately-physical. 0527 Viṭṭhalē-jananī-laḷē compare; तीच childish-tantrum register पण इथे precise padara-pulling image. Kaṭi-on-the-hand negligence-म्हणून re-read striking: iconic-Pandharī-pose mother-not-picking-up-the-child.

Where this applies

• Don't wait for tīrtha. Urgent.
• Send bhātukēm fast, no urī. No-delay.
• Refuse avaguṇī label. Don't-withhold.
• Pull the padara. Childish-firmness.

Related verses

• Abhanga 4482
• Abhanga 4273
• Abhanga 4486
• Abhanga 2348