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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 728 of 4582

Abhanga 728

With God as protector from behind and indweller within, a devotee has nothing to fear, so sing with joy and stop worrying about proving your faith in words.

When deva is on the back and in the belly — what fear — and you have to recognize this register
When do kīrtana with ānanda, no āśankita-mind — and you accept this image
When the master is sufficient — what to describe — and you receive this final claim

The verse

पाटीं पोटीं देव । कैचा हरिदासां भेव ॥१॥ करा आनंदें कीर्तन । नका आशंकितमन ॥ध्रु.॥ एथें कोठें काळ । करील देवापाशीं बळ ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे धनी । सपुरता काय वाणी ॥३॥

Literal translation

Pāṭa-pōṭadevakaicāHari-dāsām-bhēva? Do — ānandakīrtana — no — āśankita-mana. Here — where — kāḷa — exert baḷa near deva? Tuka says: dhanīsa-puratā — what vāṇī?

मराठी: पाठीं-पोटीं देव — कैचा हरि-दासांना भेव?. आनंदाने कीर्तन करा — आशंकित-मन नको. एथें कुठे काळ — देवापाशीं बळ करील?. Tuka म्हणे: धनी सपुरता — काय वाणी?.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
पाटीं पोटीं देव "pāṭa-pōṭadeva"
कैचा हरिदासां भेव "kaicāHari-dāsām bhēva"
करा आनंदें कीर्तन "do — ānandakīrtana"
नका आशंकितमन "no — āśankita-mana"
एथें कोठें काळ "here — where — kāḷa"
करील देवापाशीं बळ "baḷa — near deva"
धनी सपुरता काय वाणी "dhanīsa-puratāvāṇī?"

What it means

A deva-on-back-deva-in-belly-no-fear-for-Hari-dāsas-kīrtana-with-ānanda-master-suffices abhang. Hari-dāsa-no-fear register. Three claims:

  1. पाठीं-पोटीं देव — हरि-दासांना भेव-कैचा. Deva-on-back-and-in-belly-no-fear-claim. Deva on thepāṭa(back — i.e., as the one-who-stands-behind, the protector) and deva in thepōṭa(belly — i.e., as the inner-life-force, the indweller); whatbhēva(fear) forHari-dāsas?. Deva-protects-from-without-and-from-within; Hari-dāsa-has-no-fear.

  2. आनंदाने कीर्तन करा — आशंकित-मन नको — कोठे काळ देवापाशीं बळ? Kīrtana-with-ānanda-and-kāḷa-can't-near-deva-claim. Dokīrtanawithānanda; don't haveāśankita-mana(doubt-fearful mind); where here wouldkāḷa(Time-of-death) exertbaḷa(force) neardeva?. Kīrtana-with-ānanda-no-doubt-because-kāḷa-can't-touch-deva.

  3. Tuka: धनी सपुरता — काय वाणी. Master-suffices-claim. Tuka says: thedhanī (master, owner) is sa-puratā (sufficient, complete-in-himself);what need to vāṇī (describe-in-words, praise)?.Master-already-sufficient-no-need-to-describe.

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For someone today

You are protected from behind and filled from within; there is nothing left for a devoted heart to be afraid of. Sing and celebrate freely, without that nagging worried mind, because whatever you fear, even death itself, has no power in the presence of the divine. And you do not need to keep proving or explaining your faith with words; God is already whole and complete, and that is enough.

मराठी: तुमच्या पाठीशी संरक्षण आहे आणि आतून तुम्ही भरलेले आहात, भक्त मनाला घाबरण्यासारखं काहीच उरत नाही. मोकळेपणाने, चिंतित मनाशिवाय आनंदाने कीर्तन करा, कारण तुम्हाला घाबरवणारी कोणतीही गोष्ट, अगदी मृत्यूसुद्धा, देवाच्या सान्निध्यात शक्तिहीन ठरते. आणि शब्दांनी सतत आपली श्रद्धा सिद्ध करत बसण्याची गरज नाही; देव आधीच परिपूर्ण आहे, तेवढंच पुरेसं आहे.

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