Abhanga 682
Real love accepts what is offered from the heart, even when it breaks the usual rules of who is worthy or what is proper.
The verse
रामा अयोध्येच्या राया । दिनानाथा रे सखया ॥१॥ पाप ताप विघ्न हरीं । दिनानाथा सुख करीं ॥ध्रु.॥ भिलटीचिया रे उच्छिष्टा । स्वीकारिसी रे तूं भ्रष्टा ॥२॥ मी तों सलगीचें मूल । तुका म्हणे तू सखोल ॥३॥
Literal translation
Rāma, king of Ayōdhyā — dīna-nātha rē sakhā — remove pāpa-tāpa-vighna — dīna-nātha, make sukha. The bhillaṭī's uchchhiṣṭa — You accept — even-bhraṣṭa. I am only a salgi-cē mūla — Tuka says: You are sakhōla.
मराठी: रामा, अयोध्येच्या राया — दिना-नाथा रे सखया. पाप-ताप-विघ्न हरीं — दिना-नाथा, सुख करीं. भिल्लटीच्या रे उच्छिष्टा — स्वीकारिसी रे तूं — भ्रष्ट सुद्धा. मी तर सलगीचें मूल — Tuka म्हणे: तूं सखोल.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| रामा अयोध्येच्या राया | "Rāma — Ayōdhyā-rāyā" |
| दिनानाथा रे सखया | "dīna-nātha rē sakhā" |
| पाप ताप विघ्न हरीं | "pāpa-tāpa-vighna — remove" |
| दिनानाथा सुख करीं | "dīna-nātha — make sukha" |
| भिलटीचिया रे उच्छिष्टा | "bhillaṭī's uchchhiṣṭa" |
| स्वीकारिसी रे तूं भ्रष्टा | "You-accept — bhraṣṭa (eaten-from)" |
| मी तों सलगीचें मूल | "I — salgi-cē mūla (familiar-child)" |
| तुका म्हणे तू सखोल | "Tuka — You — sakhōla (deep)" |
What it means
A Rāma-Ayōdhyā-rāyā-dīna-nātha-bhillaṭī-uchchhiṣṭa-Śabarī-mūla-of-salgi abhang. Rāma-invocation register. Three claims (in just four lines):
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Rāma — Ayōdhyā-राया — दिना-नाथा-सखा. Opening-Rāma-invocation-claim. Rāma — king of Ayōdhyā; dīna-nātha (lord-of-the-dīna), my sakhā (friend / companion).Royal-and-friendly-at-once.
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पाप-ताप-विघ्न हर — दिना-नाथा सुख कर — भिल्लटी-उच्छिष्ट स्वीकार-भ्रष्ट. Pāpa-tāpa-removal-and-Śabarī-warrant. Removepāpa-tāpa-vighna; dīna-nātha, make sukha; thebhillaṭī'suchchhiṣṭa(the tribal-woman'sŚabarī's tasted-fruits — the food-already-bitten which a normal-savant would not eat) — You accept (svīkāri-si) — though-bhraṣṭa (eaten-from / contaminated by-her-tasting).Śabarī-uchchhiṣṭa-warrant: You-accept-the-tribal-woman's-tasted-fruits-even-when-it-makes-You-bhraṣṭa-by-orthodox-rules. (ThebhillaṭīisŚabarī, the tribal-woman who tasted-fruits-before-offering-them to Rāma to ensure their sweetness, and Rāma accepted them — a foundational Bhāgavata episode of grace-beyond-purity-rules.)
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मी सलगीचं मूल — Tuka: तूं सखोल. Closing-familiar-child-claim. I am only asalgi-cē mūla (a familiar-child, a child-of-intimacy / familiarity / playfulness — a child-allowed-the-familiar-pose-of-asking-without-formality);Tuka says: You are sakhōla (deep / profound / depth-fathomable).I-am-a-familiar-child; You-are-deep. (Thesalgi-cē-mūla image: a child-with-the-familiar-pose, who can-ask-anything without formality.)
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For someone today
Tukaram calls out to Rama as both the king of Ayodhya and a close friend of the lowly, asking him to remove sin, suffering, and obstacles, and to grant peace. He recalls the story of Shabari, the tribal woman who tasted the fruits before offering them to Rama to make sure they were sweet, food that orthodox rules would call impure and unfit to give. Rama accepted it anyway, out of love, not by the rulebook. Tukaram then places himself in that same position, a familiar child who can ask for anything without formality, trusting in a depth of love that does not check whether the offering is proper. The lesson is that real love accepts what is offered from the heart, even when it breaks the usual rules of who is worthy.
मराठी: तुकाराम रामाला अयोध्येचा राजा आणि त्याचबरोबर दीनांचा जिवलग सखा म्हणून हाक मारतात, पाप, ताप आणि विघ्न दूर करून सुख द्यावे अशी विनवणी करतात. ते शबरीची आठवण काढतात, ज्या आदिवासी स्त्रीने रामाला फळे गोड आहेत की नाही हे तपासण्यासाठी आधी स्वतः चाखली, अशी उष्टी फळे जी परंपरागत नियमांनुसार अशुद्ध आणि अर्पण करण्यास अयोग्य मानली जातात. तरीही रामाने ती प्रेमाने स्वीकारली, नियमांप्रमाणे नाही. तुकाराम स्वतःलाही तशाच स्थानी ठेवतात, सलगीचे मूल जे कोणत्याही औपचारिकतेशिवाय काहीही मागू शकते, आणि खोल प्रेमावर विश्वास ठेवतात जे अर्पण योग्य आहे की नाही हे तपासत बसत नाही. खरे प्रेम मनापासून दिलेले स्वीकारते, जरी त्यामुळे पात्रतेचे रूढ नियम मोडले तरी, हाच धडा यातून मिळतो.
Where this applies
- Rāma — Ayōdhyā-rāyā — dīna-nātha — sakhā. Royal-friend.
- Bhillaṭī-uchchhiṣṭa. Śabarī-warrant.
- Salgi-cē-mūla. Familiar-child.
- Sakhōla. Depth.