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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 666 of 4582

Abhanga 666

Paying slow, loving attention to every detail of what you cherish is itself an act of devotion, and real admiration turns outward into blessing rather than envy.

When eyes flash like vidyul-latā; mṛga-nābhī tiḷā — and you accept these images
When blessed the mother-father who bore Him; Tukyā-bandhu's mudra — and you receive this final praise

The verse

उभा देखिला भीमातीरीं । कर मिरवले कटावरी । पाउलें तरी सम चि साजिरीं । नाम तरी अनंत अतिगोड ॥१॥ शंखचक्रांकित भूषणें । जडितमेखळा चिद्रत्नें । पितांबर उटी शोभे गोरेपणें । लोपलीं तेणें रवितेजें ॥२॥ श्रवणीं कुंडलें देती ढाळ । दशांगुळीं मुद्रिका माळ । दंतओळी हिरे झळाळ । मुख निर्मळ सुखरासी ॥३॥ कडीं कडदोरा वांकी वेळा । बाहीं बाहुवटे पदक गळां । मृगनाभी रेखिला टिळा । लवती डोळां विद्युल्लता ॥४॥ सुंदरपणाची साम्यता । काय वणूप ते पावे आतां । तुकयाबंधु म्हणे रे अच्युता । धन्य ते मातापिता प्रसवली ॥५॥

Literal translation

Saw (Him) standing on Bhīmā-tīrakara paraded at kaṭi — feet sama-ci sājirīnāma ananta-atigōḍa. Śankha-cakrānkita bhūṣaṇajaḍita-mēkhalā cid-ratnapītāmbara-uṭī shines on the fair-body — the sun's ravi-tējas eclipsed by it. Kuṇḍala sway in the ears — daśānguḷī mudrikā māḷādanta-ōḷī hīre-jhaḷāḷamukha nirmaḷa sukha-rāsi. Around waist — kaḍa-dōrā, vānkī, vēḷā — on arms — bāhu-vaṭa — on neck — padakamṛga-nābhīṭiḷaka — eyes — vidyul-latā. Sundara-paṇa-sāmya-tā — what vaṇūpa (description) reaches it now? — Tukyā-bandhu says: O Acyuta — blessed mātā-pitā who prasavalī (bore-Him).

मराठी: Bhīmā-तीरीं उभा देखिला — कटावरी कर मिरवले — पाउलें सम-च साजिरीं — नाम अनंत-अतिगोड. शंख-चक्रांकित भूषण — जडित-मेखला चिद्-रत्न — पीतांबर-उटी गोरेपण-शोभे — रवि-तेज लोपलीं. कुंडलें ढाळ देती — दशांगुळी मुद्रिका माळ — दंत-ओळी हिरे झळाळ — मुख निर्मळ सुख-रासी. कडीं कड-दोरा वांकी वेळा — बाही बाहु-वटे पदक गळां — मृग-नाभी टिळा — डोळां विद्युल-लता. सुंदरपणा-साम्यता — आतां वणूं काय? — Tukyā-bandhu म्हणे: रे अच्युता — धन्य ते माता-पिता प्रसवली.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
उभा देखिला भीमातीरीं "saw standing — Bhīmā-tīra"
कर मिरवले कटावरी "kara paraded at kaṭi"
पाउलें तरी सम चि साजिरीं "feet — sama-cisājirī"
नाम तरी अनंत अतिगोड "nāmaananta-atigōḍa"
शंखचक्रांकित भूषणें "śankha-cakrānkitabhūṣaṇa"
जडितमेखळा चिद्रत्नें "jaḍita-mēkhalācid-ratna"
पितांबर उटी शोभे गोरेपणें "pītāmbara-uṭī — shines — gōrēpaṇa"
लोपलीं तेणें रवितेजें "ravi-tējas — eclipsed by it"
श्रवणीं कुंडलें देती ढाळ "kuṇḍala — give ḍhāḷa (sway)"
दशांगुळीं मुद्रिका माळ "daśānguḷī mudrikā māḷā"
दंतओळी हिरे झळाळ "danta-ōḷīhīre-jhaḷāḷa"
मुख निर्मळ सुखरासी "mukha nirmaḷasukha-rāsi"
कडीं कडदोरा वांकी वेळा "kaḍīm kaḍa-dōrāvānkī, vēḷā"
बाहीं बाहुवटे पदक गळां "bāhu-vaṭēpadakagaḷa (neck)"
मृगनाभी रेखिला टिळा "mṛga-nābhīṭiḷā"
लवती डोळां विद्युल्लता "eyes — vidyul-latā"
सुंदरपणाची साम्यता "sundara-paṇasāmya-tā"
काय वणूप ते पावे आतां "vaṇūpa — what — reaches now?"
तुकयाबंधु म्हणे रे अच्युता "Tukyā-bandhu says — O Acyuta"
धन्य ते मातापिता प्रसवली "blessed — mātā-pitāprasavalī"

What it means

A ubhā-Bhīmā-tīra-vivid-bhūṣaṇa-darśana-and-blessed-mātā-pitā-Tukyā-bandhu-mudra abhang. Vivid-Pandharī-darśana register. Five claims:

  1. उभा देखिला Bhīmā-तीर — कटावरी कर — पाउलें सम-साजिरीं — nāma अनंत-अतिगोडsaw standing Bhīmā-tīra — kara at kaṭi — feet sama-sājirī — nāma ananta-atigōḍa. The opening-Pandharī-pose-claim: saw (Him) standing on theBhīmā-tīra; hands paraded at thekaṭi; feet —sama(equal) andsājirī(graceful); thenāmaananta atigōḍa(endless, super-sweet). Pandharī-pose-with-hands-at-hip-and-equal-feet.

  2. शंख-चक्रांकित भूषण — जडित-मेखला चिद्-रत्न — पीतांबर — रवि-तेज लोपलींśankha-cakrānkita-bhūṣaṇa — jaḍita-mēkhalā-cid-ratna — pītāmbara — ravi-tējas eclipsed. The body-and-pītāmbara-claim: śankha-cakra (conch-and-disc, the canonical-Viṣṇu-marks)-marked ornaments;jaḍita-mēkhalā(jewel-set girdle),cid-ratnas(chit-jewels = consciousness-jewels); thepītāmbara(yellow-silk garment) folds shine on the fair-body; the sun's-tējaseclipsed by it. Ornament-and-garment-eclipse-the-sun.

  3. कुंडलें-ढाळ — मुद्रिका-माळ — दंत-ओळी हिरे — मुख-निर्मळ सुख-रासीkuṇḍala-ḍhāḷa — mudrikā-māḷā — danta-ōḷī hīre — mukha nirmaḷa sukha-rāsi. The ear-finger-tooth-and-face-claim: ear-kuṇḍalasway; daśānguḷī mudrikā māḷā (rings-on-ten-fingers, a string-of-rings);danta-ōḷī(tooth-row) glitters like hīre (diamonds); mukha nirmaḷa (face-pure), sukha-rāsi (heap-of-sukha).Vivid-face-and-finger-and-tooth-detail.

  4. कडीं — कड-दोरा वांकी वेळा — बाहु-वटे पदक — मृग-नाभी टिळा — डोळां विद्युल-लताkaḍa-dōrā-vānkī-vēḷā — bāhu-vaṭa-padaka — mṛga-nābhī ṭiḷā — eyes vidyul-latā. The waist-arms-tiḷaka-and-eyes-claim: around-waist —kaḍa-dōrā(waist-cord),vānkī(ornament),vēḷā(anklet-band); on-arms —bāhu-vaṭa(arm-bands),padakaon the neck; mṛga-nābhī (musk drawn from the deer-navel) — drawn for ṭiḷaka; eyes flash likevidyul-latā (lightning-creeper).Detailed-ornament-list-and-lightning-eyes. (Themṛga-nābhīdrawn-as-tiḷaka and thevidyul-latā eyes are deeply tactile-and-flashy images.)

  5. सुंदरपण-साम्यता — वणूं काय? — Tukyā-bandhu: रे अच्युता — धन्य माता-पिता प्रसवलीsundara-paṇa-sāmya-tā — vaṇūpa? — Tukyā-bandhu says: O Acyuta — blessed mātā-pitā prasavalī. The closing-blessed-mātā-pitā-claim: sundara-paṇa-sāmya-tā (the equality-of-beauty — there's nothing equally-beautiful);what description can-it-now-reach?;Tukyā-bandhu (Tukaram's-brother) says: O Acyuta; dhanya tē mātā-pitā prasavalī (blessed the mātā-pitā who bore Him — i.e., Vasudēva-Devakī, the parents of Kṛṣṇa).Blessed-the-parents-who-bore-this-beauty; Tukyā-bandhu's-mudra. (This is a beautiful tender-praise: the mother-father-who-bore-such-a-beautiful-divine-form are dhanya — blessed.)

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For someone today

Tukaram's brother describes standing at the river and simply drinking in every detail of what he loves: the ornaments, the fabric that outshines the sun, the sway of the earrings, the flash in the eyes, because looking closely, with real attention, is itself an act of devotion. Overflowing admiration for someone doesn't need to turn into envy or self-comparison; here it turns outward into a blessing on the very parents who brought this beauty into the world. This is a reminder that when you truly love something, you can let yourself notice it fully, in detail, without hurrying past it.

मराठी: तुकोबांचे बंधू भीमेच्या तीरावर उभे राहून जे प्रिय आहे त्याचा प्रत्येक तपशील मनसोक्त न्याहाळतात, अलंकार, सूर्यालाही मागे टाकणारं वस्त्र, कुंडलांची झुळझुळ, डोळ्यांतली चमक, कारण मनापूर्वक बारकाईने पाहणं हीच एक भक्ती आहे. एखाद्याबद्दलचं भरभरून कौतुक मत्सरात किंवा स्वतःशी तुलना करण्यात बदलण्याची गरज नाही, इथे ते बाहेर वळून त्या सौंदर्याला जन्म देणाऱ्या मातापित्यांना आशीर्वाद देतं. जे तुम्हाला खरोखर प्रिय आहे त्याचा प्रत्येक तपशील घाई न करता निवांतपणे अनुभवण्याची मुभा स्वतःला द्या, हीच या ओवीची शिकवण आहे.

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