Abhanga 575
Tukaram reduces devotion to two boundaries, never take another's wealth or another's spouse, and promises that keeping them lets grace supply what you need while your own body becomes the divine's home and treasury.
The verse
साधनें तरी हीं च दोन्ही । जरी कोणी साधील ॥१॥ परद्रव्य परनारी । याचा धरीं विटाळ ॥ध्रु.॥ देवभाग्यें घरा येती । संपत्ती त्या सकळा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे तें शरीर । गृह भांडार देवाचें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Sādhanā — these two only — if anyone — sādhīla. Para-dravya — para-nārī — viṭāḷa — keep (against). Deva-bhāgya — gharā yētī — sampatti. Tuka says: that śarīra — gṛha-bhāmḍāra of deva.
मराठी: साधनें तरी हीं च दोन्ही — जरी कोणी साधील. परद्रव्य परनारी — याचा धरीं विटाळ. देवभाग्यें घरा येती — संपत्ती त्या सकळा. तुकाराम म्हणतां — तें शरीर — गृह भांडार देवाचें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| साधनें तरी हीं च दोन्ही | "sādhanā — these two only" |
| जरी कोणी साधील | "if anyone — sādhīla" |
| परद्रव्य परनारी | "para-dravya — para-nārī" |
| याचा धरीं विटाळ | "viṭāḷa — keep (against)" |
| देवभाग्यें घरा येती | "deva-bhāgya — gharā yētī" |
| संपत्ती त्या सकळा | "sampatti all" |
| तुका म्हणे तें शरीर | "that śarīra" |
| गृह भांडार देवाचें | "gṛha-bhāmḍāra of deva" |
What it means
A only-two-sādhanā-body-as-deva's-house abhang. Compressed-discipline register. Three claims:
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साधनें तरी हीं च दोन्ही — जरी कोणी साधील — परद्रव्य परनारी — याचा धरीं विटाळ — sādhanā — these two only — sādhīla — para-dravya — para-nārī — viṭāḷa keep. The opening-only-two-sādhanā-claim: thesādhanās(means / disciplines) are these two only; if anyone willsādhīla(accomplish) them; para-dravya (others' wealth) and para-nārī (others' women)—keep the viṭāḷa (defiling-touch / impurity)against (= treat-them-as-impure / refuse-to-touch-them). Two-fold-discipline: refuse-others'-wealth and refuse-others'-women. Compressed-bhakti-rule. (Compare 0524 parāviyā-nārī-Rakhumāī; same para-nārī rule, here joined with para-dravya.)
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देवभाग्यें घरा येती — संपत्ती त्या सकळा — deva-bhāgya — gharā yētī — sampatti. The deva-bhāgya-brings-wealth-claim: bydeva-bhāgya(deva-fortune, the deva's-grace as fortune); sampatti (wealth, prosperity)all comes home. If you keep-the-two-disciplines, the deva-bhāgya brings-the-wealth-naturally. Don't-need-to-grasp-others'-wealth; deva-bhāgya-supplies.
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तुका म्हणे तें शरीर — गृह भांडार देवाचें — Tuka says: that śarīra — gṛha-bhāmḍāra of deva. The closing-body-as-deva's-house-claim: Tuka says: thatśarīra(body); is thegṛha-bhāmḍāra(house-and-treasury, residence-and-storehouse) of the deva. Body-as-deva's-house-and-treasury when-the-two-disciplines-are-kept. Internal-disciplined-body-becomes-deva's-residence-and-storehouse.
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For someone today
Tukaram compresses the whole discipline of devotion into just two rules: never touch another person's wealth, and never touch another person's spouse, treat both as things you simply will not go near. Keep these two boundaries, he says, and by the divine's own grace, prosperity will come to your house on its own, there is no need to grasp or scheme for it. When a person keeps this discipline, Tukaram says their very body becomes the divine's own home and storehouse, not just a place they visit for worship.
मराठी: तुकाराम भक्तीच्या संपूर्ण शिस्तीला फक्त दोन नियमांत बसवतात, दुसऱ्याच्या धनाला हात लावू नका आणि दुसऱ्याच्या स्त्रीला हात लावू नका, त्या दोन्हींपासून जाणीवपूर्वक दूर राहा. हे दोन बंधन पाळले तर देवाच्याच कृपेने संपत्ती आपोआप घरी येते, त्यासाठी लोभ किंवा युक्त्या करण्याची गरज नाही. जो ही शिस्त पाळतो, त्याचे शरीरच देवाचे घर आणि भांडार बनते, असे तुकाराम सांगतात, केवळ पूजेसाठी जाण्याचे ठिकाण नव्हे.
Where this applies
- Two sādhanā: refuse-para-dravya, refuse-para-nārī. Compressed-rule.
- Deva-bhāgyabringssampatti. Trust-fortune.
- Body = gṛha-bhāmḍāra. Deva's-residence.