Abhanga 722
Uttering God's name doesn't just calm the mind, it cuts the root of worldly suffering, past and present karma, and even birth itself, so that wrongdoing and suffering flee and even the power of illusion bows before it.
The verse
तुटे भवरोग । संचितक्रियमाणभोग ॥१॥ ऐसें विठोबाचें नाम । उच्चारितां खंडे जन्म ॥ध्रु.॥ वसों न सके पाप । पळे त्रिविध तो ताप ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे माया । होय दासी लागे पायां ॥३॥
Literal translation
Tuṭē bhava-rōga — samcita-kriyamāṇa-bhoga. Such is Viṭhōbā's nāma — uccāritām — janma is khaṇḍē. Pāpa cannot vasō — trividha-tāpa flees. Tuka says: māyā — becomes dāsī — falls at the feet.
मराठी: तुटे भव-रोग — संचित-क्रियमाण-भोग. असं विठोबाचं नाम — उच्चारतां खंडे जन्म. वसो न शके पाप — पळे त्रिविध तो ताप. Tuka म्हणे: माया — होय दासी, लागे पायां.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| तुटे भवरोग | "tuṭē — bhava-rōga" |
| संचितक्रियमाणभोग | "samcita-kriyamāṇa-bhoga" |
| ऐसें विठोबाचें नाम | "such — Viṭhōbā-nāma" |
| उच्चारितां खंडे जन्म | "uttering — janma — khaṇḍē" |
| वसों न सके पाप | "pāpa — cannot vasō" |
| पळे त्रिविध तो ताप | "trividha-tāpa — paḷē" |
| माया | "māyā" |
| होय दासी लागे पायां | "dāsī — lāgē pāyām" |
What it means
A Viṭhōbā-nāma-cuts-bhava-rōga-samcita-kriyamāṇa-pāpa-trividha-tāpa-māyā-dāsī abhang. Viṭhōbā-nāma-cuts-everything register. Three claims:
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भव-रोग तुटतो — संचित-क्रियमाण-भोग — Viṭhōbā-नाम — उच्चारितां खंडे जन्म. Nāma-cuts-bhava-rōga-and-karma-bhoga-and-janma-claim. Thebhava-rōga(becoming-disease, the disease-of-samsāra) istuṭē(cut); samcita-kriyamāṇa-bhoga (accumulated-karma-bhoga and currently-being-made-karma-bhoga) (cut);such is Viṭhōbā's nāma; uttering it,janmaiskhaṇḍē(cut, severed). Nāma-cuts-samsāra-and-karma-bhoga-and-janma-itself.
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पाप-वसो-न-शके — त्रिविध-ताप पळे. Pāpa-can't-dwell-trividha-tāpa-flees-claim. Pāpa cannot vasō (dwell, take-up-residence);the trividha-tāpa (three-fold-heat: ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika) paḷē (flees).Pāpa-evicted-trividha-tāpa-fled.
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Tuka: माया — दासी होते, पायां लागे. Māyā-becomes-dāsī-claim. Tuka says:māyā — hōya dāsī (becomes a hand-maid)—lāgē pāyām(falls at the feet). Māyā-becomes-māyā-becomes-handmaid-and-falls-at-feet. (The most striking-claim: māyā — usually depicted as the very-power that traps the jīva — itself becomes a hand-maid (dāsī) of the Viṭhōbā-nāma-bhakta and falls at the feet.)
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For someone today
Tukārām makes a bold claim here: saying Viṭhobā's name doesn't just soothe you, it actually cuts the disease of worldly becoming at its root, along with the weight of karma you've built up over lifetimes and the karma you're making right now. Even birth itself, he says, is severed by this uttering. Once this name takes hold, wrongdoing can find no place to settle in you, and the threefold suffering that touches body, mind, and circumstance simply flees. Most striking of all, Tukārām says even māyā, the very power that normally binds and deceives every living being, turns into a humble servant and bows at your feet. It's a picture of how completely a wholehearted turn toward the divine can transform what once controlled you.
मराठी: तुकाराम इथे एक धाडसी दावा करतात: विठोबाचे नाम घेतल्याने केवळ मन शांत होत नाही, तर भवरोगाचे मूळच तुटते, अनेक जन्मांचे साचलेले कर्म आणि आताचे घडणारे कर्मही तुटते. जन्मही या नामोच्चाराने खंडित होतो, असे ते सांगतात. एकदा हे नाम रुजले की पाप तुमच्यात वस्तीच करू शकत नाही आणि शरीर, मन आणि परिस्थिती यांना स्पर्श करणारा त्रिविध ताप पळून जातो. सर्वात लक्षवेधी म्हणजे, तुकाराम म्हणतात की जी माया प्रत्येक जीवाला बांधते आणि फसवते तीच माया दासी बनून तुमच्या पायां लागते. एखाद्या मनापासून केलेल्या देवाकडच्या वळणाने जे तुम्हाला पूर्वी बांधून ठेवत होते तेच किती पूर्णपणे बदलू शकते, याचे हे चित्र आहे.
Where this applies
- Cutsbhava-rōga. Samsāra-cut.
- Cutsbhogaandjanma. Karma-cut.
- Māyā-dāsī. Inversion.