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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 556 of 4582

Abhanga 556

English: I am nothing — of no gāva — ēkaṭa — ṭhāyī-cā place — one.

When the bhakta has no place, no relation, no name-form — and you have to recognize this register
When there is no jīvāvē-marāvē; we are unbroken as we are — and you accept this final-state
When we are separate from karma-akarma — and you receive this beyond-action stance

The verse

कांहीं च मी नव्हें कोणिये गांवींचा । एकट ठायींचा ठायीं एक ॥१॥ नाहीं जात कोठें येत फिरोनियां । अवघें चि वांयांविण बोलें ॥ध्रु.॥ नाहीं मज कोणी आपुलें दुसरें । कोणाचा मी खरें कांहीं नव्हे ॥२॥ नाहीं आम्हां ज्यावें मरावें लागत । आहों अखंडित जैसे तैसे ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे नांवरूप नाहीं आम्हां । वेगळा ह्या कर्मा अकर्मासी ॥४॥

Literal translation

English: I am nothing — of no gāva — ēkaṭa — ṭhāyī-cā place — one. Not jāta — not yēta back — all vāyāmvīṇa speak. No-one — āpulē-dusarē — of no-one — really. No jīvāvē-marāvē — akhaṇḍita — as we are. Tuka says: no nāma-rūpa — separate — karma-akarma.

मराठी: कांहीं च मी नव्हें कोणिये गांवींचा — एकट ठायींचा ठायीं एक. नाहीं जात कोठें येत फिरोनियां — अवघें चि वांयांविण बोलें. नाहीं मज कोणी आपुलें दुसरें — कोणाचा मी खरें कांहीं नव्हे. नाहीं आम्हां ज्यावें मरावें लागत — आहों अखंडित जैसे तैसे. तुकाराम म्हणतां — नांवरूप नाहीं आम्हां — वेगळा ह्या कर्मा अकर्मासी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
कांहीं च मी नव्हें कोणिये गांवींचा "I am nothing — of no gāva"
एकट ठायींचा ठायीं एक "ēkaṭa — ṭhāyī-cā ṭhāyī — one"
नाहीं जात कोठें येत फिरोनियां "not jāta — not yēta back"
अवघें चि वांयांविण बोलें "all — vāyāmvīṇa — speak"
नाहीं मज कोणी आपुलें दुसरें "no-one — āpulē-dusarē"
कोणाचा मी खरें कांहीं नव्हे "of no-one — really"
नाहीं आम्हां ज्यावें मरावें लागत "no — jīvāvē-marāvē"
आहों अखंडित जैसे तैसे "akhaṇḍita — as-we-are"
नांवरूप नाहीं आम्हां "no nāma-rūpa for us"
वेगळा ह्या कर्मा अकर्मासी "separate — karma-akarma"

What it means

A famous I-am-no-where-no-one's-no-name-form abhang. The saint's-final-state-statement, beyond-categories. Five claims:

  1. कांहीं च मी नव्हें कोणिये गांवींचा — एकट ठायींचा ठायीं एक — I am nothing — of no gāva — ēkaṭa — ṭhāyī-cā ṭhāyī — one. The opening-no-place-claim: I am kāhīm-cī navhē (nothing at all) — of no gāva (village); ēkaṭa (alone, single) — at the ṭhāyī-cā ṭhāyī (place-of-place, the very-place itself) — ēka (one). No-place-of-origin; alone-at-the-very-place; one. Saint-belongs-to-no-place-but-the-very-place*.

  2. नाहीं जात कोठें येत फिरोनियां — अवघें चि वांयांविण बोलें — not jāta — not yēta — all vāyāmvīṇa speak. The no-going-no-coming-claim: not jāta (going) anywhere; not yēta (coming) back; everything — spoken vāyāmvīṇa (idly, without need, in vain). No-going-no-coming; all my speaking is idle. Beyond-samsāra-arc.

  3. नाहीं मज कोणी आपुलें दुसरें — कोणाचा मी खरें कांहीं नव्हे — no-one — āpulē-dusarē — of no-one — really. The no-relation-claim: no-one is mine (āpulē) — or other (dusarē) — to me; of no-one — am I — really, in truth. No-relation-of-mine-or-other. Belong-to-no-one-and-no-one-belongs-to-me.

  4. नाहीं आम्हां ज्यावें मरावें लागत — आहों अखंडित जैसे तैसे — no jīvāvē-marāvē — akhaṇḍita — as we are. The beyond-life-and-death-claim: we don't have to (lāgata) jīvāvē (live) or marāvē (die); we are akhaṇḍita (unbroken, continuous) — as we are. No-need-to-live-or-die; we-are-unbroken-as-we-are. Beyond-the-life-death-cycle.

  5. तुका म्हणे नांवरूप नाहीं आम्हां — वेगळा ह्या कर्मा अकर्मासी — Tuka says: no nāma-rūpa for us — separate from karma-akarma. The closing-no-name-form-claim: Tuka says: no nāma-rūpa (name-and-form) for us; separate (vēgaḷā) from this karma-akarma (action-and-non-action). No-name-form; beyond-karma-akarma-pair. Saint-is-beyond-the-categories.

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For someone today

This abhang names the I-am-no-where-no-one's-no-name-form register:

  1. I am nothing — of no village; alone at the very-place. Kāhīm-cī navhē — kōṇiyē gāvīmcā nā — ēkaṭa ṭhāyīcā ēka. No-place-of-origin; alone-at-the-very-place; one. Beyond-belonging.

  2. Not going-anywhere; not coming-back; all speech is idle. Na jāta — na yēta — vāyāmvīṇa bōlē. Beyond-samsāra-arc; speech-is-idle. Even-the-saint's-speech-is-vāyāmvīṇa.

  3. No-one is mine; of no-one am I. Āpulē-dusarē nāhī — kōṇācā khare nahī. No-relation-of-mine-or-other. Beyond-relation.

  4. No need to live-or-die; we are akhaṇḍita* as we are. Jīvāvē-marāvē nāhīm — akhaṇḍita jaisē taisē. Beyond-life-death-cycle; unbroken-as-we-are. Beyond-time*.

  5. No nāma-rūpa; separate from karma-akarma*. Nāma-rūpa nāhīm — vēgaḷā karma-akarma. No-name-form; beyond-the-action-and-non-action pair. Beyond-categories*.

For today: recognize the saint's-final-state: no-place, no-relation, no-life-death-need, no-name-form, beyond-karma-akarma; this is not negation but freedom.

This abhang is Tukaram's beyond-categories-saint-state register — one of the most-philosophically-direct formulations. Compare 0537 paradox-of-living-bhakta; same paradox-register but here taken to the no-categories-at-all level. The vēgaḷā-karma-akarma claim places the saint beyond-Bhagavad-Gītā's-action-non-action distinction.

मराठी: ही ओवी I-am-no-where-no-one's-no-name-form register नाव सांगते:

  1. मी काहीच नाही — कोणत्या gāva चा नाही; ṭhāyī-cā* एकट. कांहीच नाही — गावी नाही — एकट ठायीचा एक. Place-of-origin नाही; alone-at-the-very-place; one. Beyond-belonging*.

  2. कोठेही जात नाही; परत येत नाही; सर्व बोलणं वायांविण. न जात — न येत — वायांविण बोले. Samsāra-arc च्या-पलिकडे; speech-idle. Saint च speech सुद्धा vāyāmvīṇa.

  3. कोणी मीचा नाही; कोणाचा मी नाही. आपुले-दुसरे नाही — कोणाचा खरं नाही. आपलं-or-दुसरं नातं नाही. Beyond-relation.

  4. Live-or-die ची गरज नाही; akhaṇḍita* as-we-are. जीवावे-मरावे नाही — अखंडित जैसे तैसे. Life-death-cycle च्या-पलिकडे; अखंड-as-we-are. Beyond-time*.

  5. No nāma-rūpa; karma-akarma* पासून separate. नाम-रूप नाही — वेगळा कर्म-अकर्म. Nāma-rūpa नाही; action-and-non-action च्या pair-च्या-पलिकडे. Beyond-categories*.

आज: Saint च final-state ओळखा: no-place, no-relation, no-life-death-need, no-name-form, beyond-karma-akarma; हे negation नाही, freedom.

Tukaram च-beyond-categories-saint-state-register — Most-philosophically-direct formulations पैकी एक. 0537 paradox-of-living-bhakta compare; तीच paradox-register पण इथे no-categories-at-all level पर्यंत. Vēgaḷā-karma-akarma claim saint Bhagavad-Gītā च्या action-non-action distinction च्या-पलिकडे ठेवतो.

Where this applies

Name Bhakti no-one-mine-of-no-one

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