Abhanga 712
A simple, sincere heart carrying real devotion close, like a name held dear, wins through hard times better than clever calculation.
The verse
सत्य साच खरें । नाम विठोबाचें बरें ॥१॥ जेणें तुटती बंधनें । उभयलोकीं कीर्ति जेणें ॥ध्रु.॥ भाव ज्याचे गांठी । त्यासी लाभ उठाउठी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भोळा । जिंकुं जाणे कळिकाळा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Satya-sāca-kharē — Viṭhōbā's nāma is barē — by which bandhanas are cut — and by which kīrti in ubhaya-lōka. One in whose gāṇṭhī is bhāva — gets lābha uṭhā-uṭhī. Tuka says: the bhōḷā — knows how to win the kalikāla.
मराठी: सत्य-साच-खरें — विठोबाचं नाम बरें — ज्याने बंधनं तुटतात — आणि उभय-लोकीं कीर्ति. भाव ज्याच्या गांठीं — त्याला लाभ उठा-उठीं. Tuka म्हणे: भोळा — कलिकाळा जिंकूं जाणे.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| सत्य साच खरें | "satya-sāca-kharē" |
| नाम विठोबाचें बरें | "Viṭhōbā-nāma — barē" |
| जेणें तुटती बंधनें | "by-which — bandhanas — cut" |
| उभयलोकीं कीर्ति जेणें | "ubhaya-lōka — kīrti — by-which" |
| भाव ज्याचे गांठी | "bhāva — whose gāṇṭhī" |
| त्यासी लाभ उठाउठी | "lābha — uṭhā-uṭhī" |
| भोळा | "bhōḷā" |
| जिंकुं जाणे कळिकाळा | "win — knows — kalikāla" |
What it means
A satya-sāca-Viṭhōbā-nāma-best-bandhanas-cut-bhāva-in-knot-bhōḷā-wins-kalikāla abhang. Viṭhōbā-nāma-and-bhōḷā-wins register. Three claims:
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सत्य-साच-खरें — विठोबा-नाम बरें — बंधनं तुटतात — उभय-लोकीं कीर्ति. Viṭhōbā-nāma-best-claim. Satya-sāca-kharē (the truly-genuine-real):Viṭhōbā's nāma is barē (good, fitting, the right one);by which the bandhanas (bonds) are cut;by which kīrti (fame, glory) in ubhaya-lōka (both-worlds, this-world and next).Viṭhōbā-nāma-cuts-bonds-and-grants-kīrti-in-both-worlds.
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भाव गांठीं — लाभ उठा-उठी. Bhāva-in-knot-immediate-benefit-claim. One in whosegāṇṭhī(knot — the cloth-knot at the waistband or shoulder, where one keeps coins or treasured-things) isbhāva; getslābha(benefit / profit)uṭhā-uṭhī (immediately, the very-moment of getting up).Bhāva-in-the-knot-immediate-profit. (Thegāṇṭhīimage: bhāva is what you carry-tied-into-your-cloth-knot, the way one carries coins; withbhāva in the knot, profit comes the moment-you-rise.)
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Tuka: भोळा कलिकाळा जिंकूं जाणे. Bhōḷā-wins-kalikāla-claim. Tuka says: thebhōḷā(simple-minded, naïve, un-clever); knows how tojinka(win) thekalikāla(the Kali-time / time-of-decline). The-simple-minded-knows-how-to-win-the-kalikāla. (One of Tukaram's most-distinctive claims: in the kali-yuga, it is the bhōḷā — the simple-minded bhakta — who wins, not the clever-philosopher.)
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For someone today
Tukaram says Viṭhobā's name is the one truly real, trustworthy thing worth holding onto, able to cut through what binds you and bring you good standing in this life and beyond. If you carry devotion close, the way you would carry coins tucked safely in a knot of cloth, the benefit comes right away, the moment you rise to face the day. And you don't need to be clever or sophisticated to win against hard times, Tukaram insists it is the simple, sincere heart that succeeds, not the calculating mind.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की विठोबाचं नाम हीच खरी आणि विश्वासार्ह गोष्ट आहे जिला धरून ठेवावं, कारण ते बंधनं तोडू शकतं आणि इहलोकी व परलोकी अशा दोन्ही ठिकाणी चांगली कीर्ती मिळवून देतं. जर तुम्ही भक्ती अशी जवळ बाळगली, जशी कापडाच्या गाठीत नाणी जपून ठेवावीत, तर लाभ लगेच मिळतो, उठल्या उठल्याच. आणि कठीण काळाशी लढण्यासाठी तुम्हाला हुशार किंवा चतुर असण्याची गरज नाही, तुकाराम स्पष्ट सांगतात की गणित करणारं मन नाही तर साधं, प्रामाणिक मन विजयी होतं.
Where this applies
- Viṭhōbā-nāma. True-real.
- Bhāva ingāṇṭhī. Knot-image.
- Bhōḷā-wins. Distinctive.