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Abhanga 585

Sincere feeling toward God is not a step toward God but God himself, and it is available to anyone regardless of birth or status.

When bhāva itself is bhagavanta — no separation — and you have to recognize this register

When barāḍī are close to the deva — and you accept this anti-status claim

When the lābha is for the truly-qualified — and you receive this filter

The verse

भाव देवाचें उचित । भाव तोचि भगवंत ॥१॥ धन्यधन्य शुद्ध जाती । संदेह कैंचा तेथें चित्तीं ॥ध्रु.॥ बहुत बराडी । देवजवळी आवडी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे हें रोकडें । लाभ अधिकारी चोखडे ॥३॥

Literal translation

Bhāva — deva ucita — bhāva itself — bhagavanta. Dhanya-dhanya — śuddha-jāti — samdēha — citta — what? Many barāḍī — deva-near — āvaḍī. Tuka says: rōkaḍa — lābha — adhikārī cōkhaḍē.

मराठी: भाव देवाचें उचित — भाव तोचि भगवंत. धन्यधन्य शुद्ध जाती — संदेह कैंचा तेथें चित्तीं?. बहुत बराडी — देवजवळी आवडी. तुकाराम म्हणतां — हें रोकडें — लाभ अधिकारी चोखडे.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
भाव देवाचें उचित	"bhāva — deva ucita"
भाव तोचि भगवंत	"bhāva itself — bhagavanta"
धन्यधन्य शुद्ध जाती	"dhanya-dhanya — śuddha-jāti"
संदेह कैंचा तेथें चित्तीं	"samdēha — citta — what?"
बहुत बराडी	"many barāḍī"
देवजवळी आवडी	"deva-near — āvaḍī"
तुका म्हणे हें रोकडें	"rōkaḍa"
लाभ अधिकारी चोखडे	"lābha — adhikārī cōkhaḍē"

What it means

A bhāva-is-bhagavanta-barāḍī-close-to-deva abhang. Anti-status / pure-bhāva register. Three claims:

भाव देवाचें उचित — भाव तोचि भगवंत — bhāva — deva-ucita — bhāva itself — bhagavanta. The opening-equation-claim: bhāva is the deva's ucita (proper / fitting / appropriate-thing);bhāvaitself isbhagavanta. Bhāva-is-not-just-a-means-but-the-deva-Himself. Identity-claim: bhāva ≡ bhagavanta.
धन्यधन्य शुद्ध जाती — संदेह कैंचा तेथें चित्तीं — बहुत बराडी — देवजवळी आवडी — dhanya-dhanya — śuddha-jāti — samdēha — citta — what? — many barāḍī — deva-near — āvaḍī. The pure-jāti-and-barāḍī-claim: blessed, blessed (dhanya-dhanya) is theśuddha-jāti(pure-kind = those-with-pure-bhāva, regardless of social-jāti); whatsamdēha(doubt) can there be in thecittaabout that?; manybarāḍī(humble-mendicants, poor-bhaktas) are close to the deva āvaḍī (with love).Pure-bhāva-makes-the-jāti-pure; the barāḍī (poor-mendicants) are deva-loved.Anti-status-claim: barāḍī-status-doesn't-bar-deva-closeness.
तुका म्हणे हें रोकडें — लाभ अधिकारी चोखडे — Tuka says: rōkaḍa — lābha — adhikārī cōkhaḍē. The closing-cash-and-qualification-claim: Tuka says: this isrōkaḍa(cash, real, ready); thelābha(gain) is for theadhikārī cōkhaḍē(truly-qualified, the pure-eligible). Real-gain-for-the-truly-qualified-not-merely-status.

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For someone today

Tukaram makes a bold claim here: sincere feeling toward God is not just a means to reach God, it is God. He says whoever carries that pure feeling is blessed without a doubt, regardless of birth or social standing. Many humble, even destitute people are dearly loved and kept close by God simply because of their sincerity. The real gain, he says, is not for the high-status but for those who are genuinely, truthfully sincere.

मराठी: तुकाराम इथे एक धाडसी विधान करतात: देवाबद्दलचा खरा भाव हा फक्त देवापर्यंत पोहोचण्याचं साधन नाही, तो भावच देव आहे. ज्याच्याजवळ हा शुद्ध भाव आहे तो धन्य आहे, यात काही शंका नाही, मग त्याची जात किंवा सामाजिक दर्जा काहीही असो. अनेक गरीब, साधे लोकसुद्धा फक्त त्यांच्या भावामुळे देवाला जवळचे आणि प्रिय असतात. खरा लाभ, तुकाराम म्हणतात, उच्च दर्जाच्या लोकांना नाही तर जे खरोखर प्रामाणिकपणे भाव बाळगतात त्यांनाच मिळतो.

Where this applies

Bhāva=bhagavanta. Identity.
Śuddha-jāti — bhāva-not-birth. Anti-jāti.
Barāḍī deva-close. Anti-status.
Lābha—adhikārī cōkhaḍē. Truly-qualified.