Abhanga 724
Genuine remorse instantly clears the fault and leaves you at peace, so that feeling itself is the only atonement you need, and you should protect that cleansed state afterward.
The verse
अनुतापें दोष । जाय न लगतां निमिष ॥१॥ परि तो राहे विसावला । आदीं अवसानीं भला ॥ध्रु.॥ हें चि प्रायिश्चत । अनुतापीं न्हाय चित्त ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे पापा । शिवों नये अनुतापा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Anutāpa — dōṣa — goes — nimiṣa not-taken. But he — visāvalā — at ādi-avasāna — bhalā. This-only is prāyaścitta — anutāpīm-nhāya citta. Tuka says: pāpa — śivōm-nayē — anutāpa.
मराठी: अनुतापे दोष — निमिष न-लागतां जातो. परि तो राहे विसावला — आदीं-अवसानीं भला. हेच प्रायिश्चित — अनुतापीं न्हाय चित्त. Tuka म्हणे: पापा — शिवों नये — अनुतापा.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अनुतापें दोष | "anutāpa — dōṣa" |
| जाय न लगतां निमिष | "goes — nimiṣa not-taken" |
| परि तो राहे विसावला | "but — he — visāvalā" |
| आदीं अवसानीं भला | "ādi-avasāna — bhalā" |
| हें चि प्रायिश्चत | "this only — prāyaścitta" |
| अनुतापीं न्हाय चित्त | "anutāpīm — nhāya citta" |
| पापा शिवों नये अनुतापा | "pāpa — śivōm nayē — anutāpa" |
What it means
A anutāpa-removes-doṣa-instantly-citta-bathes-in-anutāpa-don't-let-pāpa-touch-anutāpa abhang. Anutāpa-as-prāyaścitta register. Three claims:
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अनुतापें दोष — निमिष-न-लागतां जातो — पण तो विसावलेला राहे — आदीं-अवसानीं भला. Anutāpa-instant-and-rested-claim. Byanutāpa(after-burning, the burning-up-of-regret),dōṣa(fault) goes — without taking even animiṣa(an eye-blink, an instant); but the (bhakta-in-anutāpa) remainsvisāvalā(rested, settled, at-ease); atādi(beginning) andavasāna(end),bhalā(well, in good-state). Anutāpa-instantly-removes-fault-and-leaves-the-bhakta-rested-and-well.
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हेच प्रायिश्चित — अनुतापीं न्हाय चित्त. Anutāpa-bath-only-prāyaścitta-claim. This-only isprāyaścitta(atonement, the formal-rite-of-absolution); thecittanhāya(bathes) inanutāpa. Citta-bathes-in-anutāpa is the only-prāyaścitta-needed.
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Tuka: पापा शिवों नये अनुतापा. Don't-let-pāpa-touch-anutāpa-claim. Tuka says: don't letpāpa śivōm (touch) anutāpa. Don't-let-pāpa-touch-the-anutāpa. (Reading: once anutāpa has cleansed the doṣa, don't let pāpa-anew come to touch / contaminate that very-anutāpa; protect the cleansed-state.)
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For someone today
Genuine remorse burns away a fault in less than the blink of an eye, and the person who feels it is left settled and at peace, well both at the start and at the end. Tukaram says this is the only atonement that is ever needed — the mind simply bathing itself in true regret. And once that cleansing has happened, don't let sin come near and touch that regret again.
मराठी: खरा पश्चात्ताप डोळ्याची पापणी लवण्याइतक्या क्षणातही दोष धुऊन टाकतो, आणि तो अनुभवणारा माणूस सुरुवातीपासून शेवटपर्यंत शांत, स्थिर राहतो. तुकाराम म्हणतात, हेच खरे प्रायश्चित्त आहे — मन नुसते खऱ्या पश्चात्तापात न्हाऊन निघते. आणि एकदा हे शुद्धीकरण झाले, की पुन्हा पाप त्या पश्चात्तापाला स्पर्श करू देऊ नये.
Where this applies
- Anutāparemovesdōṣa. Instant.
- Citta-bath. Only-prāyaścitta.
- Protect-cleansed-state. Discipline.