Abhanga 748
English: Vēda-Śruti — don't-know — anyone — except — us — bhāvikas.
The verse
नेणती वेद श्रुति कोणी । आम्हां भाविकां वांचुनी ॥१॥ रूप आवडे आम्हांशी । तैसी जोडी हृषीकेशी ॥ध्रु.॥ आम्हीं भावें बळिवंत । तुज घालूं हृदयांत ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे तुज धाक । देतां पावसील हाक ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Vēda-Śruti — don't-know — anyone — except — us — bhāvikas. Rūpa — loved — by us — taisī — jōḍī — Hṛṣīkēśa. We — bhāve — baliyāvanta — hṛdaya — put. Tuka says: dhāka — given — pāvasīla — hāka.
मराठी: Veda-श्रुति कोणी न-जाणती — आम्हां भाविकांविना. रूप आम्हाला आवडतं — तीच Hari जोडी. आम्ही भावें बळिवंत — तुज हृदयांत घालूं. Tuka म्हणे: तुज धाक — हाक दिली की पावसील.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
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| नेणती वेद श्रुति कोणी | "Vēda-Śruti — don't-know — anyone" |
| आम्हां भाविकां वांचुनी | "us — bhāvikas — except" |
| रूप आवडे आम्हांशी | "rūpa — loved — by us" |
| तैसी जोडी हृषीकेशी | "taisī — jōḍī — Hṛṣīkēśa" |
| आम्हीं भावें बळिवंत | "we — bhāve — baliyāvanta" |
| तुज घालूं हृदयांत | "You — put — in hṛdaya" |
| तुज धाक देतां पावसील हाक | "You — dhāka — given — pāvasīla — hāka" |
What it means
A Vedas-Śrutis-don't-know-bhāvikas-do-rūpa-loved-Hari-fits-by-bhāva-put-You-in-heart-call-arrive abhang. Bhāvikas-stronger-than-Vedas register. Three claims:
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Veda-Śruti-न-जाणती — आम्हां-भाविकांविना — रूप-आम्हाला-आवडतं — Hari-तीच-जोडी. Vedas-don't-know-bhāvikas-do-Hari-fits-claim. Vedas and Śrutis — don't know (the deity) — except us, the bhāvikas; the rūpa we love — Hṛṣīkēśa fits-with-us in that very-rūpa. Bhāvikas-know-Hari-fits-the-rūpa-we-love*.
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आम्ही-भावें-बळिवंत — तुज-हृदयांत-घालूं. By-bhāva-baliyāvanta-put-You-in-heart-claim. We are bhāve baliyāvanta (powerful-by-bhāva) — we put You in (our) *hṛdaya. Bhāva-makes-us-powerful-and-we-put-You-in-our-heart.
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Tuka: तुज-धाक — हाक-दिली-की पावसील. Call-arrives-claim. Tuka says: (this) gives You dhāka (urgency, pressure, even-fear-of-being-late); when hāka (a call, a shout) is given — You pāvasīla (will arrive, you-arrive). Call-given-You-arrive-with-urgency*.
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For someone today
This abhang names the bhāvikas-stronger-than-Vedas register:
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Vedas don't know — bhāvikas do; the rūpa we love is the rūpa Hari fits. Bhāvikas-know.
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By bhāva, we are baliyāvanta; we put You in the heart. Bhāva-baliyāvanta.
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You arrive on call. Call-arrives.
For today: the Vedas and Śrutis don't grasp (the deity) — only bhāvikas do; whatever rūpa we love, that very rūpa Hṛṣīkēśa fits-with-us in; by bhāva, we are baliyāvanta — we put You in our hṛdaya; and: when we call, You arrive.
This abhang is Tukaram's bhāvikas-stronger-than-Vedas-and-You-arrive-on-call register — one of the most-confident bhāva-power statements. Compare 0694 no-praiser-equal-You-known-only-if-shown (Tuka's mudra); same Vedas can't grasp but here organized through bhāvikas-do-and-bhāva-makes-us-strong. The rūpa āvaḍē āmhāmśī taisī jōḍī Hṛṣīkēśī (Hari fits the rūpa we love) is the strongest rūpa-by-bhāva claim*.
मराठी: ही ओवी bhāvikas-stronger-than-Vedas register नाव सांगते:
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Veda-न-जाणती — bhāvikas-जाणती; आवडतं-रूप — Hari-तीच-जोडी. Bhāvikas-know.
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Bhāve-बळिवंत; तुज-हृदयांत-घालूं. Bhāva-baliyāvanta.
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Call-दिली-की पावसील. Call-arrives.
आज: Vedas आणि Śrutis deity-grasp-नाही करत — फक्त bhāvikas करतात; आपण love-करणारं rūpa — तेच rūpa Hṛṣīkēśa fits-with-us-त; Bhāva-ने आम्ही baliyāvanta — put You in hṛdaya; आणि: call-केली की You arrive.
Tukaram च-bhāvikas-stronger-than-Vedas-and-You-arrive-on-call-register — Most-confident bhāva-power statements पैकी एक. 0694 no-praiser-equal-You-known-only-if-shown (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच Vedas can't grasp पण इथे bhāvikas-do-and-bhāva-makes-us-strong च्या मार्गाने. Rūpa āvaḍē āmhāmśī taisī jōḍī Hṛṣīkēśī (Hari fits the rūpa we love) strongest rūpa-by-bhāva claim.
Where this applies
- Vedas-don't-know.* Bhāvikas-do.
- Hari-fits-rūpa-we-love.* Bhāva-mode.
- Call-arrives.* Bhāva-power.