Abhanga 647
God already stands close and waits inside the heart, asking nothing about caste or lineage, so once you grasp this you no longer need to wander searching for him.
The verse
आतां येणें बळें पंढरीनाथ । जवळी राहिला तिष्ठत । पाहातां न कळे जयाचा अंत । तो चि हृदयांत घालूं आतां ॥१॥ विसरोनि आपुला देहपणभाव । नामें चि भुलविला पंढरीराव । न विचारी याती कुळ नांव । लागावया पाव संतांचे ॥२॥ बरें वर्म आलें आमुचिया हातां । हिंडावें धुंडावें न लगतां । होय अविनाश सहाकारी दाता । चतुर्भुज संता परि धाकें ॥३॥ होय आवडी सानें थोर । रूप सुंदर मनोहर । भक्तिप्रिय लोभापर । करी आदर याचकपणें ॥४॥ तें वर्म आलें आमुच्या हाता । म्हणोनि शरण निघालों संतां । तुका म्हणे पंढरीनाथा । न सोडी आतां जीवें भावें ॥५॥
Literal translation
By this strength — Pandharī-nāth — close — tiṣṭhata — anta unknown — place in hṛdaya. Forgetting deha-paṇa-bhāva — by nāma bhulavilā Pandharī-rāva — doesn't reckon yāti-kuḷa-nāma — saints' feet. Varma in hand — no wander-search — avināśa sahakārī dātā — catur-bhuja trembles for saints. Love-of-all — rūpa sundara — bhakti-priya lōbha-para — ādara yācaka. Varma — śaraṇa saints — Tuka says: Pandharī-nāth — won't release jīva-bhāva.
मराठी: आतां येणें बळें पंढरीनाथ — जवळी राहिला तिष्ठत — पाहातां न कळे जयाचा अंत — तो चि हृदयांत घालूं आतां. विसरोनि आपुला देहपणभाव — नामें चि भुलविला पंढरीराव — न विचारी याती कुळ नांव — लागावया पाव संतांचे. बरें वर्म आलें आमुचिया हातां — हिंडावें धुंडावें न लगतां — होय अविनाश सहाकारी दाता — चतुर्भुज संता परि धाकें. होय आवडी सानें थोर — रूप सुंदर मनोहर — भक्तिप्रिय लोभापर — करी आदर याचकपणें. तुकाराम म्हणतां — तें वर्म आलें आमुच्या हाता — म्हणोनि शरण निघालों संतां — पंढरीनाथा — न सोडी आतां जीवें भावें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आतां येणें बळें पंढरीनाथ | "by this strength — Pandharī-nāth" |
| जवळी राहिला तिष्ठत | "close — tiṣṭhata" |
| पाहातां न कळे जयाचा अंत | "anta unknown" |
| तो चि हृदयांत घालूं आतां | "place in hṛdaya" |
| विसरोनि आपुला देहपणभाव | "forgetting deha-paṇa-bhāva" |
| नामें चि भुलविला पंढरीराव | "by nāma — bhulavilā Pandharī-rāva" |
| न विचारी याती कुळ नांव | "doesn't reckon yāti-kuḷa-nāma" |
| लागावया पाव संतांचे | "saints' feet" |
| बरें वर्म आलें आमुचिया हातां | "varma in our-hand" |
| हिंडावें धुंडावें न लगतां | "no wander-search" |
| होय अविनाश सहाकारी दाता | "avināśa sahakārī dātā" |
| चतुर्भुज संता परि धाकें | "catur-bhuja but trembles for saints" |
| होय आवडी सानें थोर | "love-small-and-large" |
| रूप सुंदर मनोहर | "rūpa sundara-mano-hara" |
| भक्तिप्रिय लोभापर | "bhakti-priya lōbha-para" |
| करी आदर याचकपणें | "ādara as yācaka" |
| शरण निघालों संतां | "śaraṇa to saints" |
| न सोडी आतां जीवें भावें | "won't release by jīva-bhāva" |
What it means
A varma-in-our-hand-Pandharī-nāth-saint-feet abhang. Five-verse varma-acquired register. Five claims:
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आतां येणें बळें पंढरीनाथ — opening-Pandharī-nāth-stands-close: by this strength, Pandharī-nāth; close, tiṣṭhata; anta unknown; place in hṛdaya. Pandharī-stands-and-waits.
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विसरोनि आपुला देहपणभाव — Pandharī-deluded-by-nāma: forgets His own deha-paṇa-bhāva; deluded by nāma; doesn't-reckon-yāti-kuḷa-nāma; saints'-feet. Deva-comes-to-saints-no-jāti-bar.
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बरें वर्म आलें आमुचिया हातां — varma-in-hand: varma in our-hand; no need to wander-and-search; avināśa-sahakārī-dātā; catur-bhuja trembles for saints. Varma-acquired-and-deva-trembles-for-saints.
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होय आवडी सानें थोर — loves-everyone: love-of-small-and-large; rūpa-sundara-mano-hara; bhakti-priya-lōbha-para; ādara as yācaka. Universal-loving-deva.
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तें वर्म आलें आमुच्या हाता — closing-saints-grip: varma in hand; śaraṇa to saints; Pandharī-nāth — won't-release-jīva-bhāva. Won't-let-go-by-jīva-bhāva.
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For someone today
Tukaram says Vitthal is already standing close, waiting inside your own heart — you do not need to travel or search for him elsewhere. God does not ask about your caste, family name, or status; he is won simply by the repetition of his name and by love. Once you understand this, there is no need to keep wandering from place to place looking for the divine, because what you were searching for was already within reach. Having found this, Tukaram says he has surrendered to the saints and refuses to let go of God with his whole heart.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की विठ्ठल आधीच जवळ उभा राहून वाट पाहत आहे — तो तुमच्या हृदयातच आहे, त्याला शोधण्यासाठी कुठेही भटकण्याची गरज नाही. देवाला तुमची जात, कुळ किंवा नाव विचारायचे नसते; केवळ नामस्मरणाने आणि प्रेमाने तो मोहित होतो. हे एकदा उमगले की मग सैरावैरा फिरत राहण्याची गरज उरत नाही, कारण जे शोधत होतो ते आधीच जवळ सापडलेले असते. हे गवसल्यावर तुकाराम म्हणतात, मी संतांना शरण गेलो आणि आता जिवाभावाने विठ्ठलाला सोडणार नाही.
Where this applies
- Pandharī-nāth close. Place-in-heart.
- Nāma — Pandharī-deluded. No-jāti-bar.
- Varma in hand. Direct.
- Won't release. Final-grip.