Abhanga 708
English: Mōkṣa — Yours — deva — You keep — durlabha.
The verse
मोक्ष तुमचा देवा । तुम्ही दुर्लभ तो ठेवा ॥१॥ मज भक्तीची आवडी । नाहीं अंतरीं ते गोडी ॥ध्रु.॥ आपल्या प्रकारा । करा जतन दातारा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भेटी । पुरे एक चि शेवटीं ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Mōkṣa — Yours — deva — You keep — durlabha. For me — bhakti-āvaḍī — no gōḍī in antara. In Your prakāra — preserve — dātāra. Tuka says: bhēṭī — only-one — enough — at the śēvaṭa.
मराठी: मोक्ष तुमचा, देवा — दुर्लभ तो तुम्हीच ठेवा. मज भक्तीची आवडी — मोक्षाची गोडी अंतरी नाही. आपुल्या प्रकारीं जतन करा, दातारा. Tuka म्हणे: एक च भेटी शेवटीं पुरे.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
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| मोक्ष तुमचा देवा | "mōkṣa — Yours — deva" |
| तुम्ही दुर्लभ तो ठेवा | "You — durlabha — keep" |
| मज भक्तीची आवडी | "for-me — bhakti — āvaḍī" |
| नाहीं अंतरीं ते गोडी | "no — antara — gōḍī" |
| आपल्या प्रकारा | "in-Your prakāra" |
| करा जतन दातारा | "preserve — dātāra" |
| भेटी पुरे एक चि शेवटीं | "bhēṭī — purē — only-one — śēvaṭa" |
What it means
A mōkṣa-Yours-keep-it-I-want-bhakti-only-meeting-is-enough abhang. Mōkṣa-rejection-bhakti-want register. Three claims:
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मोक्ष तुमचा — दुर्लभ तुम्हीच ठेवा — मज भक्ति-आवडी — मोक्षाची गोडी नाही. Mōkṣa-Yours-bhakti-mine-claim. Mōkṣa is Yours, deva; You keep that durlabha (rare, hard-to-attain treasure); for me, bhakti-āvaḍī (love-of-bhakti); no gōḍī (inside-sweetness) for that (mōkṣa) in my antara. Mōkṣa-is-rare-treasure-keep-it; I-want-bhakti-not-mōkṣa*.
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आपुल्या प्रकारीं जतन — दातारा. Preserve-in-Your-own-style-claim. In Your own prakāra (style, kind, manner), preserve (it), dātāra (giver). You keep mōkṣa as You wish; preserve-it-in-Your-style.
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Tuka: एक च भेटी शेवटीं पुरे. One-meeting-at-end-is-enough-claim. Tuka says: the bhēṭī (meeting) — purē (suffices, is enough) — only that-one — at the śēvaṭa (end). One-final-meeting-suffices. (The bhakta wants neither mōkṣa nor multiple-meetings — just one bhēṭī at the end.)
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For someone today
This abhang names the mōkṣa-rejection-bhakti-want register:
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Mōkṣa is Yours, the rare-treasure — keep it. Mōkṣa-Yours.
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I have love for bhakti — no inside-sweetness for mōkṣa. Bhakti-mine.
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One meeting at the end is enough. One-meeting-suffices.
For today: the bhakta deliberately doesn't-want mōkṣa; (he says) keep that for Yourself, deva; what I want is bhakti-āvaḍī; and at the end, just one bhēṭī — that's enough.
This abhang is Tukaram's mōkṣa-rejection-and-one-meeting-suffices register — one of the clearest mōkṣa-rejection statements. Compare 0679 mōkṣa-not-bhakta-vāsanā (Tuka's mudra); same anti-mōkṣa-as-pursuit register but here in declarative-conversation with deva. The purē-ēka-ci-śēvaṭīm (one meeting at end is enough) is precise: not-many-meetings, not-permanent-state, just-one-at-end.
मराठी: ही ओवी mōkṣa-rejection-bhakti-want register नाव सांगते:
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मोक्ष तुमचा, दुर्लभ — तुम्हीच ठेवा. Mōkṣa-Yours.
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मज भक्ति-आवडी; मोक्ष-गोडी नाही. Bhakti-mine.
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एक च भेटी शेवटीं पुरे. One-meeting-suffices.
आज: Bhakta deliberately mōkṣa नको म्हणतो; देवा, ती तुम्हीच ठेवा; मला bhakti-āvaḍī च हवी; आणि शेवटीं फक्त एक bhēṭī — पुरे.
Tukaram च-mōkṣa-rejection-and-one-meeting-suffices-register — Clearest mōkṣa-rejection statements पैकी एक. 0679 mōkṣa-not-bhakta-vāsanā (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच anti-mōkṣa-as-pursuit register पण इथे declarative-conversation-with-deva-त. Purē-ēka-ci-śēvaṭīm precise — not-many-meetings, not-permanent-state, just-one-at-end.
Where this applies
- Mōkṣa — Yours. Reject.
- Bhakti-āvaḍī.** Want.
- Ēka-ci bhēṭī.** Stipulation.