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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 664 of 4582

Abhanga 664

The simple act of looking with pure devotion at what you love is itself healing, and you never need to fear its fierce side or doubt its gentle side, since both are the same presence.

When the śrī-face removes heat and bhava-rōga — and you have to recognize this register
When Tuka serves feet from-near-by — and you receive this final pose

The verse

ताप हें हरण श्रीमुख । हरी भवरोगा ऐसें दुःख । अवलोकितां उपजे सुख । उभें सन्मुख दृष्टीपुढें ॥१॥ न पुरे डोळियांची धणी । सखोल कृपेची च खाणी । स्तवितां न पुरे वेदवाणी । तो हा समचरणी कृपानिधी ॥ध्रु.॥ रामकृष्णध्यान वामननारसिंहीं । उग्र आणि सौम्य कांहीं च नाहीं । सांपडे भरलीये वाही । भाव शुद्ध पाहीं याचें भातुकें ॥२॥ गुणगंभीर चतुर सुजाण । शूर धीर उदार नारायण । व्यापक तरी त्रिभुवन । मनमोहनलावण्य हें ॥३॥ ठाण हें साजिरें सुंदर । अविनाश अविकार । अनंत आणि अपार । तो हा कटीं कर धरिताहे ॥४॥ जयाची वाणी सुमनमाळा । परमामृतजिव्हाळा । अनंता अंगीं अनंत कळा । तुका जवळा चरण सेवे ॥५॥

Literal translation

Tāpa-haraṇa — this śrī-mukha — removes such bhava-rōga-duḥkhasukha arises on looking — stands sanmukha before the gaze. Eyes never sated — deep mine of kṛpāVēda-vāṇī insufficient — sama-caraṇa kṛpā-nidhi. Rāma-Kṛṣṇa-dhyāna in Vāmana-Nārasimha — no ugra nor saumya — caught in flowing-stream — pure-bhāva sees this bhātukē. Guṇa-gambhīra, catura, sujāṇaśūra-dhīra-udāra Nārāyaṇavyāpaka of tribhuvanamana-mōhana-lāvaṇya. This ṭhāṇasājirē sundaraavināśa avikāraananta apāra — holds kara at kaṭi. Whose vāṇīsumana-māḷāparamāmṛta-jivhāḷā — endless anga — endless kaḷā — Tuka — javaḷā — serves caraṇa.

मराठी: Tāpa-haraṇa — हें श्री-मुख — bhava-rōga दुःख हरतो — पाहिल्यावर सुख उपजते — दृष्टि-पुढें सन्मुख उभे. डोळियांची धणी न-पुरे — सखोल कृपेची खाणी — Vēda-वाणी न-पुरे — सम-चरणी kṛpā-निधी. Rāma-Kṛṣṇa-ध्यान Vāmana-Narasimha-त — उग्र आणि सौम्य कांहीं नाही — भरलेल्या वाहीत सांपडे — शुद्ध-भाव हें भातुकें पाहे. गुण-गंभीर, catura, sujāṇa — शूर-धीर-उदार Nārāyaṇa — त्रिभुवन व्यापक — मन-मोहन-लावण्य. हें ठाण साजिरें-सुंदर — avināśa-avikāra — अनंत-अपार — कटीं कर धरितो. जयाची वाणी सुमन-माळा — परम-अमृत-जिव्हाळा — अनंत-अंगी अनंत-कळा — Tuka जवळा चरण सेवा.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
ताप हें हरण श्रीमुख "tāpa-haraṇaśrī-mukha"
हरी भवरोगा ऐसें दुःख "removes bhava-rōga — such duḥkha"
अवलोकितां उपजे सुख "on looking — sukha arises"
उभें सन्मुख दृष्टीपुढें "stands sanmukha — before-gaze"
न पुरे डोळियांची धणी "ḍōḷiyāmcī dhaṇī — never-sated"
सखोल कृपेची च खाणी "sakhōlakṛpā-khāṇī"
स्तवितां न पुरे वेदवाणी "Vēda-vāṇī — insufficient"
समचरणी कृपानिधी "sama-caraṇakṛpā-nidhi"
रामकृष्णध्यान वामननारसिंहीं "Rāma-Kṛṣṇa-dhyānaVāmana-Nārasimhīm"
उग्र आणि सौम्य कांहीं च नाहीं "ugra and saumya — nothing-of"
सांपडे भरलीये वाही "caught — flowing-stream"
भाव शुद्ध पाहीं याचें भातुकें "pure-bhāvabhātukē (child's-snack / play-snack)"
गुणगंभीर चतुर सुजाण "guṇa-gambhīracatura sujāṇa"
शूर धीर उदार नारायण "śūra-dhīra-udāra Nārāyaṇa"
व्यापक तरी त्रिभुवन "vyāpakatribhuvana"
मनमोहनलावण्य "mana-mōhana-lāvaṇya"
ठाण हें साजिरें सुंदर "ṭhāṇasājirē sundara"
अविनाश अविकार "avināśaavikāra"
अनंत आणि अपार "anantaapāra"
कटीं कर धरिताहे "holds kara at kaṭi (hip)"
जयाची वाणी सुमनमाळा "whose vāṇīsumana-māḷā"
परमामृतजिव्हाळा "paramāmṛta-jivhāḷā"
अनंता अंगीं अनंत कळा "endless-anga — endless-kaḷā"
तुका जवळा चरण सेवे "Tuka — javaḷācaraṇa-sēvā"

What it means

A tāpa-haraṇa-śrī-mukha-Rāma-Kṛṣṇa-Vāmana-Narasimha-no-ugra-no-saumya-kaṭīm-kara-Tuka-feet-served abhang. Praise of Pandharī-form with avatāra-list register. Five claims:

  1. Tāpa-haraṇa-śrī-mukha — bhava-rōga दुःख हर — सुख उपजे — सन्मुख दृष्टी-पुढेंtāpa-haraṇa śrī-mukha — bhava-rōga-duḥkha removed — sukha arises — sanmukha before-gaze. The opening-śrī-mukha-claim: thisśrī-mukha(auspicious-face) istāpa-haraṇa(heat-removing); removes theduḥkhaofbhava-rōga(the disease-of-becoming); onavalōkita (looking, beholding), sukha arises;stands sanmukha (face-to-face) before the gaze.Pandharī-face-removes-heat-and-bhava-rōga.

  2. डोळियांची धणी न-पुरे — कृपेची खाणी — Vēda-वाणी न-पुरे — सम-चरणी कृपा-निधीeyes never sated — kṛpā-mine — Vēda-vāṇī insufficient — sama-caraṇa kṛpā-nidhi. The deep-kṛpā-and-eyes-never-sated-claim: eyes never reach satiation; (He is) thesakhōla(deep) mine ofkṛpāalone; Vēda-vāṇī (the Veda's words) insufficient to praise;He of sama-caraṇa (equal-feet, the standing-pose) is the kṛpā-nidhi (treasure-of-compassion).Sama-caraṇa-and-Veda-can't-finish-praising.

  3. Rāma-Kṛṣṇa-ध्यान Vāmana-Narasimha-त — उग्र-सौम्य नाही — भरलेल्या वाहीत — शुद्ध-भाव हें भातुकेंRāma-Kṛṣṇa-dhyāna in Vāmana-Narasimha — no ugra-no saumya — flowing-stream — pure-bhāva this bhātukē. The avatāra-collapse-claim: Rāma-Kṛṣṇa-dhyāna (the meditation of Rāma-Kṛṣṇa) is in Vāmana-Narasimhīm (= within the Vāmana and Narasimha forms; the four are one-Pandharī);no ugra (fierce, e.g., Narasimha) nor saumya (mild, e.g., Vāmana) — both vanish;He is caught in the bharaliyē vāhī (the full-flowing-stream of bhakti);pure-bhāva sees this bhātukē (a child's-snack — a small-offered-thing of bhakti, often play-food).All-avatāras-collapse-into-Pandharī-without-fierce-or-mild-distinction; pure-bhāva-sees-the-bhātukē. (Thebhātukē image is intimate: the bhakta sees Pandharī as the child's-snack-recipient.)

  4. गुण-गंभीर — शूर-धीर-उदार Nārāyaṇa — त्रिभुवन व्यापक — मन-मोहन-लावण्यguṇa-gambhīra — śūra-dhīra-udāra Nārāyaṇa — tribhuvana vyāpaka — mana-mōhana-lāvaṇya. The quality-list-claim: guṇa-gambhīra (deep-in-qualities), catura sujāṇa (clever, knowing-well);śūra-dhīra-udāra Nārāyaṇa(heroic-patient-generous-Nārāyaṇa); vyāpaka of the three-worlds;mana-mōhana-lāvaṇya(mind-charming-loveliness). Comprehensive-quality-list.

  5. ठाण साजिरें-सुंदर — avināśa-avikāra — ananta-apāra — कटीं कर — वाणी सुमन-माळा — paramāmṛta-jivhāḷā — अनंत-अंगी अनंत-कळा — Tuka जवळा चरण सेवाṭhāṇa — fine — avināśa-avikāra — ananta-apāra — kaṭīm-kara — vāṇī sumana-māḷā — paramāmṛta-jivhāḷā — endless-anga endless-kaḷā — Tuka near-by feet-served. The closing-stance-and-Tuka-feet-claim: thisṭhāṇa(stance, pose) —sājirē sundara(fine, beautiful); avināśa (indestructible), avikāra (changeless);ananta apāra(endless, shoreless); holds-hand-at-kaṭi(hip — the canonical Pandharī-pose); Hisvāṇī— flower-garland; paramāmṛta-jivhāḷā (supreme-amṛta-tongue);endless-arts in endless-body;Tuka — javaḷā(near-by) — serves thecaraṇa. Pandharī-stance-with-kara-at-kaṭi-and-Tuka-near-by-serving-feet.

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For someone today

Just looking at what you love with genuine devotion can itself begin to heal you; Tukaram says the sight of that face removes the deep ache of ordinary existence, and the eyes never tire of it. All the different forms the divine might take, fierce or gentle, ultimately come together into one, so you don't need to fear one aspect or feel that another is somehow not enough. What matters is bringing a pure, uncomplicated heart, the way a child offers a simple snack, and letting words fall short as you try to fully describe what you love.

मराठी: जे तुम्हाला खरोखर प्रिय आहे त्याकडे मनापासून पाहणंच तुम्हाला बरं करू शकतं. तुकाराम म्हणतात की त्या मुखाकडे पाहताच संसाराचं खोल दुःख दूर होतं आणि डोळे कधीच त्या दर्शनाने थकत नाहीत. ईश्वराची विविध रूपं, उग्र असोत की सौम्य, शेवटी एकाच रूपात एकत्र येतात, त्यामुळे एका रूपाची भीती बाळगण्याची किंवा दुसरं रूप अपुरं वाटण्याची गरज नाही. महत्त्वाचं आहे ते म्हणजे मूल जसं साधं खाणं अर्पण करतं तसं शुद्ध आणि निर्व्याज मन घेऊन जाणं, आणि जे प्रिय आहे त्याचं पूर्ण वर्णन करण्याचा हट्ट सोडून देणं.

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