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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 729 of 4582

Abhanga 729

God loves worship offered sincerely in the mind and already knows your heart, so no pretending can pass before him.

When Kēśī-rāja loves only mind-formed pūjā — and you have to recognize this register
When He takes the kalpanā-offering, not the outer-colour — and you accept this image
When the false cannot pass before Him — and you receive this final stamp

The verse

मनोमय पूजा । हे चि पढीयें केशीराजा ॥१॥ घेतो कल्पनेचा भोग । न मानेती बाह्य रंग ॥ध्रु.॥ अंतरींचें जाणे । आदिवर्तमान खुणे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कुडें । कोठें सरे त्याच्या पुढें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Manōmaya-pūjā — this — Kēśī-rāja — paḍhīyē. Takes — kalpanā-bhoga — bāhya-ranga — not — accept. Knows — antara — ādi-vartamāna — khuṇē. Tuka says: kuḍa — where — sarē — puḍhē?

मराठी: मनोमय-पूजा — हें च केशीराजाला पढियं. कल्पनेचा भोग घेतो — बाह्य रंग मानत नाही. अंतरींचें जाणतो — आदि-वर्तमान खुणे करून. Tuka म्हणे: कुडें — कोठें सरे त्याच्यापुढें?.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
मनोमय पूजा "manōmaya-pūjā"
हे चि पढीयें केशीराजा "this-itself — Kēśī-rāja — paḍhīyē"
घेतो कल्पनेचा भोग "kalpanā-bhoga — takes"
न मानेती बाह्य रंग "bāhya-ranga — not — accept"
अंतरींचें जाणे "antara — knows"
आदिवर्तमान खुणे "ādi-vartamāna — khuṇē"
कुडें कोठें सरे त्याच्या पुढें "kuḍa — where — sarē — puḍhē?"

What it means

A manōmaya-pūjā-Kēśī-loves-takes-kalpanā-bhoga-knows-antara-false-can't-pass abhang. Manōmaya-pūjā-only register. Three claims:

  1. मनोमय-पूजा — Kēśī-rāja-पढियं — कल्पना-भोग — बाह्य-रंग-न-मानेती. Manōmaya-pūjā-Kēśī-loves-claim. Manōmaya-pūjā (mind-formed worship — pūjā done in the mind, with mental-objects);this-itself is what Kēśī-rāja (the lord-of-Kēśī, an epithet of Kṛṣṇa) paḍhīyē (loves);He takes the bhōga of kalpanā (the imagined-offering);doesn't accept bāhya-ranga (outer colour, outer-show).Mind-pūjā-loved-not-outer-show.

  2. अंतरींचें जाणे — आदि-वर्तमान खुणे. Knows-antara-and-ādi-vartamāna-claim. He knows theantara(inside, what's inside); (He knows) theādi-vartamāna(beginning-and-present-state) bykhuṇē(marks, signs — i.e., He reads the marks of one's interior). He-knows-the-inside-and-the-history-by-marks.

  3. Tuka: कुडें — कोठें सरे त्याच्यापुढें. False-can't-pass-claim. Tuka says:kuḍa(the false, the dishonest, the fake); where can itsarē(pass, get-through) before Him?. No-falseness-can-pass-before-Him.

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For someone today

This verse says God is moved by worship offered sincerely in the mind, not by an elaborate outward display. Even an offering you can only imagine or hold quietly in your heart is fully accepted, while performance meant only to be seen is not. God already knows what is inside you, including where you have come from and where you stand now, so there is no point trying to fake devotion. Whatever is false in you simply cannot get past someone who already knows your heart that well.

मराठी: ही ओवी सांगते की देव मनापासून केलेल्या पूजेने प्रसन्न होतो, बाह्य देखाव्याने नाही. मनातल्या मनात केलेली, फक्त कल्पनेतली पूजासुद्धा तो स्वीकारतो, पण केवळ दाखवण्यासाठी केलेला देखावा त्याला मान्य नाही. तुझ्या अंतरंगातलं सगळं, अगदी तुझा भूतकाळ आणि सध्याची अवस्थाही, तो खुणांवरून जाणतो, त्यामुळे खोटेपणा लपवण्याचा प्रयत्न करण्यात अर्थ नाही. जे काही खरे नाही ते त्याच्यापुढे टिकत नाही.

Where this applies

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